Teenage boy, 17, is stabbed to death in east London

 

A murder investigation has been launched after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Walthamstow, east London on Friday night. Pictured: A police tent is set up in a front garden of a property on Westbury Road

A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in east London last night - as the murder toll in the capital rises above 100 for sixth year in a row.

The teenager was found after police were called to Westbury Road, Walthamstow, at around 9.20pm on Friday night.

A 17-year-old boy was found suffering from a stab injury and was treated by paramedics at the scene

Despite their best efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene a short while later at 9:57pm.  

Police have launched a murder investigation into the Walthamstow stabbing but there have been no arrests made.

Officers are working to establish the male's identity and inform his next of kin. 

The area is sealed off as a crime scene as officers from the Met Police investigate the incident.

A police tent has been set up in a front garden of a property on Westbury Road in Walthamstow where houses are worth more than £500,000. 

A video of the scene last night was posted on social media that shows the area taped off and two police cars parked on the road with flashing lights. 

Police initially said they believed the victim was 22, then believed he was aged 19, but now believe he was a 17-year-old boy.

The brutal stabbing comes after it was recently announced that more than 100 people have been killed in London so far this year. 

This is the sixth consecutive year that the homicide toll in the capital has reached over 100 -  despite the city being in lockdown for most of 2020.

The horrifying death toll includes 12 teenagers and six children aged ten and under. 

The double homicide of Poorna Kaameshwari Sivaraj, 36, and her son Kailash, three, who were found dead in Brentford, on October 6 brought London's homicide toll to more than 100.

The three-year-old boy was found dead alongside his mother and father at their West London home after a 'murder-suicide'. 

Their deaths on October 6 amounted the total to 101 killings in the capital this year.