LONDON - Police have named a teenage boy stabbed to death in broad daylight in a busy shopping street in an upmarket area of north London.
Nassirudeen Osawe, 16, was pronounced dead at the scene of an altercation on Upper Street, Islington, on Thursday, the Metropolitan
Police said.
A second victim, aged 17, was taken to a north London hospital suffering from stab wounds.
He remains in hospital, but his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
Officers were called to the scene outside the York pub at around 2.30 pm on Thursday.
Detective Inspector David Whellams, of the Met's homicide and serious crime command, said on Friday it was too early to speculate as to the circumstances that led to the incident.
"We do know that Nassirudeen was with two friends, one of whom was also stabbed, when the they were in an altercation with a male suspect - resulting in Nassirudeen being fatally stabbed.
"Upper Street in Islington is a very busy place at any time of the day, but at 2.30pm in the afternoon both the pavements and the roads are busy and I am sure there are many people who must have witnessed the altercation between these young men."
He urged witnesses to come forward.
An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident and is being held at a north London police station.
There have been a series of stabbings in London this year, many of them fatal and many of them believed to be linked to battles between teenage gangs.
- REUTERS
