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Fifth teenager arrested in London after fatal stabbing

Boys, all believed to be 13 and 14 years old, remain in custody after death of man (52)

A 52-year-old man was stabbed to death on Sunday following a “verbal altercation” with a group of youngsters, Scotland Yard has said. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Wire
A 52-year-old man was stabbed to death on Sunday following a “verbal altercation” with a group of youngsters, Scotland Yard has said. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Wire
Mon Dec 15 2014 - 19:31

Police have arrested a fifth teenage boy on suspicion of murder after a 52-year-old man was stabbed to death following a row.

Four boys aged 13 and 14 were being questioned after the victim was found stabbed at his home in Edmonton, north London, on Sunday evening.

Scotland Yard said the man was involved in a "verbal altercation" with a group of youngsters trying to get into a party at another address in the block of flats.

Officers today arrested another 13-year-old boy in Enfield, north London, and he remains in custody at an east London police station.

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Police were called to a residential address in The Broadway, Edmonton, north London, at around 7.50pm on Sunday night following reports of a stabbing.

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