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Teenage boy stabbed to death in south-east London

No arrests have been made.

Ted Hennessey
Monday 23 September 2024 10:00
A police cordon near the scene in Eglinton Road, Woolwich, where a teenage boy was stabbed to death on Sunday (Rosie Shead/PA)
A police cordon near the scene in Eglinton Road, Woolwich, where a teenage boy was stabbed to death on Sunday (Rosie Shead/PA) (PA Wire)

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A teenage boy has been stabbed to death in south-east London.

The Metropolitan Police was called at around 6.30pm on Sunday to reports of a disturbance on Eglinton Road, Woolwich.

The boy was found at the scene with a stab injury and he died a short time later.

His next of kin have been informed.

No arrests have been made and a crime scene is in place.

Anyone with information is asked to call police via 101 quoting reference CAD 5989/22Sep.

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