London teenager stabbed to death after opening front door
A teenage boy has been killed after answering his front door in the London town of Croydon.
Police believe the killer or killers knocked on the boy s door in Bracken Avenue at about 12.46am on Thursday morning (local time), and attacked with a knife when the door was opened.
Officers found the teenager inside with stab wounds.
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They provided first aid, but the boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
The boy has not yet been formally identified, but police said his next of kin had been told of his death.
25 May 2021
Selhurst Park today hosted the Metropolitan Police and community leaders in a match to celebrate a year s partnership working together to tackle serious violence and knife crime amongst young people in Croydon.
The match saw the Met Police take on a community team battling to win the Matt Ratana Memorial Trophy, in honour of the late Sergeant Matt Ratana who lost his life working in Croydon custody.
In attendance watching the match and supporting the partnership were Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe and other attendees from the Met and Croydon partners.
The year-long partnership between community influencers, organisations, charities and the Met Police was created by Community Activist Anthony King, with a commitment and desire to work together across the borough to improve the lives of young people living in Croydon.
Police increase patrols in south east London after children are approached by men in four separate incidents as schools warn worried parents to tell youngsters to be on their guard
Spate of four incidents began when two boys were approached separately by a man in Bromley on April 30
Boy, 11, who is the son of Line of Duty s Sherise Blackman, was asked by a man in a van if he wanted a lift
Second incident around same time saw another boy, 8, approached in nearby wooded area of Kelsey Park
Third report on Thursday of a male school pupil being followed by a man along a street on the previous day
Line of Duty star Sherise Blackman said her son was approached walking home
Two man in a black car offered him a lift near recreation ground in Beckenham
The 11-year-old ran to two teenagers for help and the men soon drove off
A primary school has since warned of second incident on the same day at a park just metres away