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| North London stabbing: four boys arrested after row over access to party | North London stabbing: four boys arrested after row over access to party |
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| Four boys, all aged 13 or 14, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 52-year-old man was stabbed to death in north London when a row over access to a party “escalated into a shocking act of violence”. | Four boys, all aged 13 or 14, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 52-year-old man was stabbed to death in north London when a row over access to a party “escalated into a shocking act of violence”. |
| Police said a group of boys were involved in what was initially described as a “minor verbal altercation” with the victim as he returned home with a female partner to a block of flats in The Broadway, Enfield, just before 8pm on Sunday night. | Police said a group of boys were involved in what was initially described as a “minor verbal altercation” with the victim as he returned home with a female partner to a block of flats in The Broadway, Enfield, just before 8pm on Sunday night. |
| Police suggested the boys were trying to gate-crash a party at another address in the block. | Police suggested the boys were trying to gate-crash a party at another address in the block. |
| The man was pronounced dead at the scene just after 8.30pm after police and London Ambulance had responded to reports of a stabbing. | The man was pronounced dead at the scene just after 8.30pm after police and London Ambulance had responded to reports of a stabbing. |
| The victim, who has yet to be formally identified, was stabbed after being followed into the Brickland Court by two individuals. | |
| DCI Neale Baldock, who is leading the murder investigation, said: “There was a supervised party taking place at another address within the block and the group of males were trying to gain access to this.” | DCI Neale Baldock, who is leading the murder investigation, said: “There was a supervised party taking place at another address within the block and the group of males were trying to gain access to this.” |
| Baldock added: “What started as a minor verbal altercation has escalated into a shocking act of violence.” | Baldock added: “What started as a minor verbal altercation has escalated into a shocking act of violence.” |
| He said the victim and his attackers did not know each other. | He said the victim and his attackers did not know each other. |
| A neighbour described the victim, who lived on the first floor of the block, as a “very lovely hardworking man”, according to the Enfield Independent reporter Charlie Peat. | |
| Brickland Court is a newly built block that straddles Edmonton Leisure Centre. The street entrance to the block was covered in black sheeting as forensic officers investigated the scene. An officer in a white forensic overall was seen dusting the entryphone system for fingerprints using a cotton bud. | |
| Peat pointed out that this was the third stabbing in the area in recent weeks. “People are shocked at the age [of those arrested], but the fact that this happened, people aren’t surprised.” | |
| The boys remain in police custody. Anyone with information is asked to contact the incident room on 0208 345 1570 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. |