Wembley murder investigation launched after 18-year-old boy stabbed to death

A MURDER investigation has been launched after a teenager was stabbed to death.

Cops were called to Wembley, north west London, at 1.35pm on Saturday following reports of a stabbing at an address.

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An 18-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the scene after being knifed.

The victim's family have been informed and a post mortem carried out yesterday showed the boy died from knife wounds.

Detectives from the Homicide and Major Crime Command are investigating, led by Detective Chief Inspector Andy Chalmers.

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Police know the identity of the victim but formal identification awaits.

A 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder yesterday and remains in custody.

The killing is the latest in a string of murders to hit London in just three weeks after a 22-year-old was shot dead in Croydon on October 8.

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The victim - named as Akeem - was pronounced dead at the scene in Eastney Road just after 11.30pm.

On October 4, a man in his 20s was shot dead in Bethnal Green, east London, as he answered the door.

And a man was stabbed to death by a gang armed with knives and baseball bats in Dagenham, east London on September 26.

Raja Rashid Ali, 33, was killed after a group of up to a dozen men attacked the driver and passengers of a parked car.

Shocking video footage showed a 4x4 slamming into a parked Renault Megane.

Seconds later a second car arrived at the scene penning the Megane in – before men leap out and begin attacking each other with bats, knives and chains.

One of the three men sat inside the vehicle escapes through the roof – and a second can be seen throwing himself through the window.

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