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Camden stabbing: Victim, 25, was killed by machete-wielding attackers to ‘score points’, says girlfriend
The 25-year-old, named locally as Assad, was knifed to death in Camden High Street at 11.10pm on Thursday, the third murder victim in the borough of Camden in five days.
Two more young men were killed in violence during another weekend of bloodshed in London which brings the total number of homicides in the capital to 107 so far this year.
Assad’s girlfriend, a 21-year-old student, said he “was in the wrong place at the wrong time” when he was attacked. She said: “There were five of them who attacked him, they had balaclavas and a machete.
“They wore gloves and plastic covers on their shoes so they wouldn’t leave bloody footprints. It’s like a game to them, it’s about territory. They were scoring points.”
She added: “He was not mixed up in anything bad. I am heartbroken.”
11.55pm on Friday, Omar Smith, 34, was slashed with a glass bottle during an attempted robbery at Metro’s chicken shop in Grove Park, south-east London. He died in hospital the next day.
Three men, aged 51, 40 and 46 were arrested on suspicion of murder. The 40-year-old has been released under investigation, and the other men have been bailed to a date in mid-October.
In a separate killing, a 29-year-old was fatally knifed yards from a party at the Old Edmontonians FC clubhouse in Edmonton on Saturday. Guests tried to save the victim but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A suspected knifeman was apprehended on the club’s football pitch by other guests. Detectives arrested a 40-year-old man in connection with the incident. He is currently in a hospital and police said they are not looking for anyone else.
Meanwhile, a 15-year-old boy is due in court today charged with attempted murder after a 14-year-old boy was stabbed in Ealing. He was also charged with possession of an offensive weapon.
The 25-year-old, named locally as Assad, was knifed to death in Camden High Street at 11.10pm on Thursday, the third murder victim in the borough of Camden in five days.
Two more young men were killed in violence during another weekend of bloodshed in London which brings the total number of homicides in the capital to 107 so far this year.
Assad’s girlfriend, a 21-year-old student, said he “was in the wrong place at the wrong time” when he was attacked. She said: “There were five of them who attacked him, they had balaclavas and a machete.
“They wore gloves and plastic covers on their shoes so they wouldn’t leave bloody footprints. It’s like a game to them, it’s about territory. They were scoring points.”
She added: “He was not mixed up in anything bad. I am heartbroken.”
11.55pm on Friday, Omar Smith, 34, was slashed with a glass bottle during an attempted robbery at Metro’s chicken shop in Grove Park, south-east London. He died in hospital the next day.
Three men, aged 51, 40 and 46 were arrested on suspicion of murder. The 40-year-old has been released under investigation, and the other men have been bailed to a date in mid-October.
In a separate killing, a 29-year-old was fatally knifed yards from a party at the Old Edmontonians FC clubhouse in Edmonton on Saturday. Guests tried to save the victim but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A suspected knifeman was apprehended on the club’s football pitch by other guests. Detectives arrested a 40-year-old man in connection with the incident. He is currently in a hospital and police said they are not looking for anyone else.
Meanwhile, a 15-year-old boy is due in court today charged with attempted murder after a 14-year-old boy was stabbed in Ealing. He was also charged with possession of an offensive weapon.
