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Primrose Hill stabbing: Harry Pitman named as stabbing victim..By Jess Warren & PA Media, BBC News

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A 16-year-old boy stabbed to death in north London on New Year's Eve has been named by police as Harry Pitman.

Officers were called to the stabbing in Primrose Hill, Camden, at about 23:40 GMT on Sunday.

Metropolitan Police said first aid was given to Mr Pitman but he was pronounced dead shortly before midnight.

A 16-year-old boy was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and taken into custody.

The force said the area was busy with people watching fireworks at the time of the stabbing and appealed for witnesses to contact them.

The park is not an official viewing area for London's New Year fireworks, but people gather there to watch them.

Det Ch Insp Geoff Grogan, who is leading the investigation, said: "My thoughts and sympathies are with Harry's family and friends at this difficult time. He was a young man with the rest of his life ahead of him.

"His family are understandably devastated and specially trained officers are supporting them as they come to terms with their loss.

"We know Harry was with a group of friends near the viewing platform on Primrose Hill where they had gathered to celebrate the New Year.

"It is here where we believe Harry became involved in an altercation with devastating consequences.

"Primrose Hill was very busy at the time and I believe there are people who witnessed the incident who have not yet spoken to police."

One local woman said there were "hundreds if not thousands" of people there at the time of the attack.

She said it was "absolutely tragic and shocking" that a teenager could be killed on her doorstep, adding: "It's not just a young people's party - there would have been families with young children there, too.

"It would have been rammed. It's not just locals - people come from miles around."

Another local described the incident as "tragic but inevitable" and said he had made "hundreds" of complaints to police about anti-social behaviour in the park.

He said it had become a "party hotspot" with drugs and alcohol since the pandemic.

Gina Germano, a mother of two teenage boys who were at Primrose Hill at the time of the attack, said she had "warned" her sons about gangs there, explaining it had become "rough" since 2020.

On Monday morning, police officers stood guard at every entrance to the park, directing dog walkers and joggers away from the area and telling them it would be closed all day.

Police tape has been used to section off the area, and a forensic tent has been erected at the northern end of Primrose Hill.

Not a stabbing but I read yesterday about a young woman murdered her boyfriend by running him over,she was drunk,one stupid moment whilst under the influence and her life is ruined and the poor blokes life is over.

That death could have been prevented if breath tests were connected to the car ignition...dont want to be facetious but it would be a good idea if people had to pass a breath test before they post on internet forums....

A 16 year old has been charged with murder of the young lad in London seeing the New year in.....

As if.
That doesn't work.
Now if we stopped making and selling them...Why anyone in a domestic environment would need a 9" knife of the variety used in this crime wave is beyond me.

"isolated incident" seems like Police spokesmen have to say something like this after every fatal stabbing, even looking at this thread they seem far from "isolated" or "very rare incidents".
Seems to have become part of every day events now unless you are directly affected.

Just reading Grace O'Malley Kumars parents views on their daughters wicked killing,they want much stiffer penalties for carrying a knife.
Grace was killed trying to defend her friend when he was stabbed (and died) an heroic action, the human rubbish that killed her should never be allowed out onto the streets again.

Listening to some kn0b of an MP on the radio on about banning machetes and zombie knives, waste of time because most stabbings are with kitchen knives, t6hey even got the sandy park killers on CCTV in the supermarket buying the knives.....

Caught with a knife,straight to jail,remanded in custody, 10 years hard labour no excuses...personally I would make it 25 years in a cage in Rwanda,bread and water every other day and show films of it here...guaranteed that knife crime would cease to be a problem within months....wont happen too many people think more of criminals rights than they do of victims..

Did you hand your knives in? You stated previously that you had them in your kitchen

A 15-year-old boy was killed in Woolwich, southeast London just after 5pm in front of horrified onlookers in broad daylight.

According to witnesses, he tried to use an umbrella to fight off his attackers but died at the scene, the Evening Standard reports.

The 15-year-old was killed in front of horrified onlookers in the daylight attack yesterday.

Pictures from the scene showed a large police cordon with multiple police and ambulance vehicles and it is understood the air ambulance was also called to the scene.

Images from the scene also appeared to show members of the public holding up sheets to cover the victim from view as paramedics desperately tried to save his life but, despite their best efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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WOOLWICH: Emergency services set up a cordon at the scene after a teenage boy was stabbed to death in a horrific broad daylight attack in south east London yesterday afternoon

A 15-year-old was arrested on suspicion of the Woolwich murder after presenting at a south London hospital with a non life-threatening stab wound.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: 'Detectives have launched a murder investigation following a stabbing on Woolwich New Road, SE18.

'Police were called at 5.23pm on Monday to reports of a stabbing.

Officers attended and found a 15-year-old boy suffering from a stab injury. They immediately provided first aid prior to the arrival of the London Ambulance Service.

'Despite their efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene at 6.08pm. His next of kin has been informed. Formal identification has not taken place.

'A post-mortem examination will be held in due course.

'Police were subsequently called to a south London hospital after a 15-year-old boy self-presented with a stab wound; his injury is not believed to be life-threatening.

'He has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Homicide detectives from the Specialist Crime Command are leading the investigation.'