Machete-wielding gang hack teenage cyclist to death in London

A teenage cyclist has been brutally hacked to death by a gang of masked youths on a housing estate in London.

The 17-year-old was found sprawled on a the bonnet of a car in Ingrave Street, Battersea, by police in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Scotland Yard say the boy was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead at 2.50am.

The as-yet-unidentified victim was reportedly chased by a gang wearing balaclavas and carrying large knives who stabbed him multiple times.

Residents on the estate said they were woken at 1.25am on Sunday by the boy’s scream of “help me, I’m dying”.

One 45-year-old neighbour said the gang arrived on the estate in a car and had been “hassling” passers-by earlier in the evening.

They told the Evening Standard: “There were about six of them, they jumped out of the car and started chasing him immediately.

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“He was on his bike but they caught up with him and stabbed him.

“Someone shouted ‘police are coming’ which stopped the others from finishing him off and they got in the car and sped off.”

A mother laying flowers at the scene added: “I didn’t know the poor boy but my daughter saw the guys who did it minutes before, they were covering their faces and quizzing anyone who came out of the block.

“She was terrified of them so she lied about her age so they wouldn’t hurt her.

“It’s very sad that this has happened on my doorstep. We’re leaving the area next week and I can’t wait.”

Police have begun a murder investigation but no arrests have been made.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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