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Boy, 14, charged with stabbing murder of teen in London
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April 26, 2021
LONDON: A 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a teenager was stabbed to death in east London.
Fares Maatou, also 14, died at the scene of the attack in Barking Road, Newham, on Friday afternoon. The Metropolitan Police said a 14-year-old who was arrested on Friday has been charged with murder and possession of an offensive weapon.
He will appear in custody at Stratford Youth Court on Monday. A 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder on Saturday and remains in police custody.
Meanwhile, a 15-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of murder and another also aged 15 who was held in connection with the incident have been bailed to a date in late May. A post-mortem examination held at East Ham Mortuary gave Fares’s cause of death as stab injuries.
A 14-year-old boy has appeared in court charged over the fatal stabbing of another teenager. Fares Maatou, 15, died at the scene of the attack in Barking Road, Newham, on Friday afternoon. The teenage defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Stratford Youth Court on Monday charged with murder and possession of an offensive weapon. The boy, from Grays, Essex, spoke in person to confirm his name, age and address. The court heard that Fares died after suffering stab injuries to his upper body. It was alleged that a “knife cane” – a type of modified walking stick hiding a blade – was used to carry out the attack, which took place after a fight broke out.
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