A 16-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in south-east London, Scotland Yard has said.
Police were called at 1700 BST to reports of a stabbing in Upper Wickham Lane, Welling.
The boy was taken to a south London hospital where he later died. Police believe they know his identity but his next of kin are yet to be informed.
A man has been arrested and remains in custody at a south London police station.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Officers attended and a 16-year-old boy was taken to a south London hospital where he died at 1810 BST.”
Officers from the homicide and serious crime command have been informed, he said.
The spokesman said the police were called by the London Ambulance Service (LAS).
A spokeswoman for LAS said: “We were called just before 1700 BST to Upper Wickham Lane in Welling to reports of a stabbing.
“We sent the air ambulance as well as two ambulance crews, a single responder and a duty officer.
“Our staff treated a 16-year-old male and he was taken by road ambulance to hospital.”
The scene, outside a branch of Superdrug, was still sealed off by police on Friday night.
David Walker, 83, said a bike and crash helmet lay on the ground within the area being guarded by police.
He said: “We were horrified.
“Nobody could say it’s quiet around here but nothing like this has happened here before.”
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A 16-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in south-east London, Scotland Yard has said.
Police were called at 1700 BST to reports of a stabbing in Upper Wickham Lane, Welling.
The boy was taken to a south London hospital where he later died. Police believe they know his identity but his next of kin are yet to be informed.
A man has been arrested and remains in custody at a south London police station.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Officers attended and a 16-year-old boy was taken to a south London hospital where he died at 1810 BST.”
Officers from the homicide and serious crime command have been informed, he said.
The spokesman said the police were called by the London Ambulance Service (LAS).
A spokeswoman for LAS said: “We were called just before 1700 BST to Upper Wickham Lane in Welling to reports of a stabbing.
“We sent the air ambulance as well as two ambulance crews, a single responder and a duty officer.
“Our staff treated a 16-year-old male and he was taken by road ambulance to hospital.”
The scene, outside a branch of Superdrug, was still sealed off by police on Friday night.
David Walker, 83, said a bike and crash helmet lay on the ground within the area being guarded by police.
He said: “We were horrified.
“Nobody could say it’s quiet around here but nothing like this has happened here before.”
This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
A 16-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in south-east London, Scotland Yard has said.
Police were called at 1700 BST to reports of a stabbing in Upper Wickham Lane, Welling.
The boy was taken to a south London hospital where he later died. Police believe they know his identity but his next of kin are yet to be informed.
A man has been arrested and remains in custody at a south London police station.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Officers attended and a 16-year-old boy was taken to a south London hospital where he died at 1810 BST.”
Officers from the homicide and serious crime command have been informed, he said.
The spokesman said the police were called by the London Ambulance Service (LAS).
A spokeswoman for LAS said: “We were called just before 1700 BST to Upper Wickham Lane in Welling to reports of a stabbing.
“We sent the air ambulance as well as two ambulance crews, a single responder and a duty officer.
“Our staff treated a 16-year-old male and he was taken by road ambulance to hospital.”
The scene, outside a branch of Superdrug, was still sealed off by police on Friday night.
David Walker, 83, said a bike and crash helmet lay on the ground within the area being guarded by police.
He said: “We were horrified.
“Nobody could say it’s quiet around here but nothing like this has happened here before.”
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Roads have been closed in the Cotswolds for the wedding of supermodel Kate Moss and guitarist Jamie Hince.
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Roads have been closed in the Cotswolds for the wedding of supermodel Kate Moss and guitarist Jamie Hince.
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Roads have been closed in the Cotswolds for the wedding of supermodel Kate Moss and guitarist Jamie Hince.
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The Young Patriots leader, who has not been seen since April, was put under UN sanctions in 2006
Ivory Coast has issued an international arrest warrant for ex-President Laurent Gbagbo’s youth militia leader, who has been on the run since April.
The prosecutor said Charles Ble Goude was accused of inciting ethnic violence and xenophobia, Reuters reports.
Known for his vitriolic speeches, he mobilised thousands of men to join the army in the final days of the stand-off after November’s disputed polls.
Mr Gbagbo was removed by force after refusing to accept electoral defeat.
An estimated 3,000 people were killed before Mr Gbagbo’s arrest in April.
The UN oversaw the election and said it was won by his rival Alassane Ouattara, who has since been inaugurated as Ivory Coast’s president.
Mr Ble Goude, who was put under UN sanctions in 2006 accused of inciting attacks against UN personnel, has been on the run since Mr Gbagbo’s capture.
“ For many weeks, people incited hatred and xenophobia and committed all kinds of atrocities”
Simplice Kouadio Koffi Public prosecutor
He has reportedly been spotted in Benin and Ghana.
“Arrest warrants have been issued against suspects on the run,” AFP news agency quotes public prosecutor Simplice Kouadio Koffi as saying.
Mr Gbagbo named Mr Ble Goude his youth minister after the November election when he refused to leave office.
During the four-month impasse that followed, many members of Mr Ble Goude’s Young Patriots group were given weapons.
“For many weeks, people incited hatred and xenophobia and committed all kinds of atrocities,” the prosecutor said, Reuters news agency reports.
Warrants have also been issued for Mr Gbagbo’s former spokesman Ahoua Don Mello, former minister Philippe Attey and the ex-envoy to Israel Raymond Koudou Kessie, the prosecutor said.
On Sunday, 15 associates of Mr Gbagbo were charged with forming armed groups, economic crimes and undermining the state.
Mr Ouattara’s government has promised an end to impunity, but so far only pro-Gbagbo supporters have been arrested despite the findings of a UN Human Rights Council report that both sides committed atrocities during the conflict.
Mr Gbagbo has yet to be charged and remains under house arrest in the north of the country.
The elections in Ivory Coast were meant to draw a line under a 2002-03 civil war which left the country split in two.
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