Boy in court over 'Facebook row' murder

A teenage boy was charged today with the murder of an 18-year-old that was apparently triggered by postings on Facebook.

Salum Kombo was found dead with stab wounds in east London on Sunday, with friends saying he was targeted after posting a message on the page of another boy who was not invited to a party.

The Metropolitan Police said a 15-year-old boy from Bow, east London, was charged with his murder and would appear at nearby Thames Magistrates Court.

Mr Kombo, who was studying art at Tower Hamlets College, was discovered by a passer-by in Bow at about 6.40pm on Sunday.

Police said he was in Devons Road, close to its junction with Purdy Street, with multiple stab wounds.

They believe he was stabbed in a basketball court just off Chiltern Road and staggered several hundred metres to Devons Road.

Mr Kombo was the 13th teenager to be murdered in the capital this year.