03/09/2008

Teenager Arrested After Fatal Stabbing Attack

A youth has been arrested over the murder of Shaquille Smith in east London on Saturday.

Shaquille died after being stabbed in the stomach in Hackney, and his sister Tahira, 16, also suffered knife wounds in the attack.

Local residents said they saw a group of teenagers attack Shaquille on a park bench.

He is believed to be the innocent victim of an ongoing gang war.

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said they arrested a male in his late teens in Clapton, east London.

(CD/JM)

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