28/01/2013

Teenager Stabbed To Death In Pimlico

A teenager has died following a suspected gang attack in Pimlico, central London, shortly before 7pm on Sunday night.

It is thought that a gang carrying knives and what may have been swords attacked the boy, believed to be 16.

Ambulance staff found the injured teenager after reports that a young person had been stabbed. He was taken to a south London hospital, where he died a few hours later.

A murder inquiry in now underway, but no arrests have yet been made, a Met spokesman said.

The scene remained closed with a number of police in the area.

(H)

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