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Lee stabbing: Teenager, 14, suffers fatal injuries | Lee stabbing: Teenager, 14, suffers fatal injuries |
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A 14-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in south-east London. | A 14-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in south-east London. |
Police and paramedics were called to Burnt Ash Road, Lee, at about 21:45 BST on Saturday. | Police and paramedics were called to Burnt Ash Road, Lee, at about 21:45 BST on Saturday. |
The boy was taken to a south London hospital with stab injuries where he died, the Met Police said. | The boy was taken to a south London hospital with stab injuries where he died, the Met Police said. |
A spokesman said three teenage males have been arrested in connection with the incident and are being questioned in custody. The force has appealed for witnesses. | |
BBC London 94.9 reporter Anna O'Neill said the boy was stabbed close to the supermarket. | BBC London 94.9 reporter Anna O'Neill said the boy was stabbed close to the supermarket. |
The stabbing occurred a few hundred yards away from the bakery where 16-year-old Jimmy Mizen was murdered in 2008. | |
A woman who lives in the area told BBC London 94.9: "We had a killing further up at the bakery a couple of years ago, so [feeling] shaky. It's terrible." | |
Teenage stab victims | |
In an unrelated incident, police said a 19-year-old man was stabbed in New Cross Road - just three miles from Lee - just after 03:30 BST on Sunday. | |
The man is in a critical condition in hospital. No-one has been arrested over the attack. | The man is in a critical condition in hospital. No-one has been arrested over the attack. |
The Met said six teenagers have died as a result of violence in London this year, four of whom were stabbed. | |
Eleven teenagers were stabbed last year, which was one more than the figure in 2010. | |
In 2009, 10 teenagers lost their lives in stabbings and in 2008, the year Jimmy Mizen was killed, 22 other youths were stabbed to death in the capital. |