Four charged with murder after teenager stabbed in south London

  • 6/12/2021
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Four people have been charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of a teenager in south London. The Metropolitan police has made a total of 11 arrests in connection with the incident in Streatham, which happened on Thursday. The Met said, although formal identification is yet to take place, the family of the deceased has been informed and he has been named as 17-year-old Denardo Samuels-Brooks. Officers and the London ambulance service were called to Prentis Road just after 4pm to reports of a stabbing and found a male with a stab wound to the chest. He was taken to a central London hospital, where he was pronounced dead just before 5pm. A postmortem examination was due to take place at Greenwich mortuary on Saturday. The Met said a 17-year-old male from the Croydon area will appear in custody at Bromley magistrates court on Saturday 12 June. Umar Salami, 18, of Addiscombe Grove, Croydon will appear in custody at Highbury Corner magistrates court on Saturday 12 June. Denzel Kwatng, 19, of Parkway, New Addington, and Andre Headley, 18, of Prentis Road, will appear in custody at Wimbledon magistrates court on Monday 14 June. The Met said two 16-year-old females had been bailed until a date in late June pending further inquiries. Four other teenagers – a 15-year-old male, a 16-year-old male, a 17-year-old female and an 18-year-old man have been released under investigation while inquiries continue. A 17-year-old male, who was arrested on Friday on suspicion of violent disorder and possession of an offensive weapon in relation to this incident, remains in custody. Enquiries into the incident are continuing. Local MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy said on Twitter: “My thoughts and prayers are with the family of the young man stabbed to death on Streatham High Road this afternoon. “Arrests have been made and an investigation is ongoing in the area.” Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101. The incident was one of two fatal stabbings of a teenager within 24 hours in London last week. Jalan Woods-Bell, 15, died after being stabbed in Hayes, west London, on Friday morning; another 15-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with his murder.

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