15-year-old boy fatally stabbed in south-east London

A 15-year-old boy has been stabbed to death at a chicken shop in south-east London.

Officers were called at around 5.20pm on Thursday to reports of a stabbing at Morley’s on Randlesdown Road, Bellingham.

The victim was taken to a south London hospital with stab wounds and was pronounced dead at 8.15pm, the Metropolitan Police said.

No arrests have been made and officers are working to establish the circumstances of the death.

A crime scene remains in place at the chicken shop.

The victim’s next of kin have been informed, and anyone with information is asked to call police on 101.

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The last fatal stabbing prior to yesterday’s attack was just a day before, when Rocky Djelal, 38, was stabbed to death in Rotherhithe.

These are the latest in a long line of stabbings in the capital, with the Metropolitan Police reporting a 16 per cent increase in knife crime in London this year.

In the year to the end of April there were 1,299 stabbings in London, according to the Met, while the total offences involving a knife or bladed instrument in the year to March stood at a seven-year high of 40,147.