Police search for evidence at Ashburton Park, Croydon, south London after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death on Thursday. Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/PA
By The Guardian
The Metropolitan police said a 16-year-old boy died after being stabbed in Hillingdon, west London, the 30th teenage homicide in the capital in 2021, surpassing a peak of 29 in 2008.
The Met said the London ambulance service was called shortly after 7.30pm on Thursday to reports of an injured male at Philpots Farm open space, close to Heather Lane in Yiewsley, Hillingdon, west London.
Officers attended and found a 16-year-old boy suffering from a puncture wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 8.25pm.
The force said his next of kin had been informed and were being supported by specially trained officers. Formal identification has yet to take place and a postmortem examination will be held in due course.
The death follows another on Thursday when a 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Ashburton Park, Croydon, south London.
Police officers attended the scene shortly after 7pm on Thursday. They gave first aid to the boy before the ambulance service arrived but he was pronounced dead at 7.36pm.