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| Bellingham chicken shop stabbing: Boy, 15, dies | Bellingham chicken shop stabbing: Boy, 15, dies |
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| A teenager has been fatally stabbed at a chicken shop in south-east London. | A teenager has been fatally stabbed at a chicken shop in south-east London. |
| Emergency services were called to reports of a stabbing at Morley's on Randlesdown Road, Bellingham, at 17:20 GMT on Thursday. | Emergency services were called to reports of a stabbing at Morley's on Randlesdown Road, Bellingham, at 17:20 GMT on Thursday. |
| A boy, believed to be 15, was found with stab wounds and taken to hospital, where he later died. His family has been informed. | A boy, believed to be 15, was found with stab wounds and taken to hospital, where he later died. His family has been informed. |
| No arrests have been made and detectives are appealing for information. | No arrests have been made and detectives are appealing for information. |
| One resident near the scene on Friday said he believed children were turning to knife crime out of fear. | |
| "They are looking for the closest object to use to defend themselves. They're scared", he said. | |
| Talking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said she intended for knife crime to decrease considerably in the next year in London. | |
| Mentioning Thursday's incident, she said the incident was a horrible thing to happen for the 15-year-old, his family and the community. | |
| "We must focus on violent crime and in London and I'm glad to say the figures have stopped going up and up, as they have in the last three years," she said. |