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Boy, 16, ‘screamed “mum, mum” as gang in Land Rover armed with zombie knives knocked him off bike & stabbed him’
A BOY screamed "mum, mum" after a gang armed with zombie knives jumped out of a Land Rover and repeatedly stabbed him, horrified witnesses said today.
Police were called to Brixton, South London, around 6.15pm last night following reports that a 16-year-old boy had been stabbed.
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Horrified eyewitnesses said four thugs jumped out of the 4x4 and started stabbing the boy who was left fighting for life in hospital.
Locals said the boy was "dragged" along by his bike and fell to the ground before he was attacked.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said five weapons, including two Rambo-style knives, two "Zombie" knives and a kitchen knife, were found at the scene.
Abdul Razak, 37, told of the moment he fought to save the teen’s life as he lay in a pool of blood.
He told The Sun Online: “I saw a group of small people surrounding the boy.
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“He was shouting 'mum, mum!' His aunt and mum were by his side and screaming for help.
“His mum said he just came out to test his bike and then they tried to kill him."
A woman helping Abdul at the scene said four thugs had jumped out of a Land Rover and started knifing him.
Abdul added: “I heard the Land Rover dragged him along by his bike and then he fell off, and they jumped out and started stabbing him.
“I thought how could you do this to a human being?
I heard the Land Rover dragged him along by his bike and then he fell off, and they jumped out and started stabbing him."
Eyewitness Abdul Razak
“There was a lot of blood. A neighbour came out with a towel and told me to press it on the wound with his chest to stop the bleeding.
“I saw three stab wounds, two on his chest and one in his left thigh. But apparently there was more.
“Everyone who was helping was shouting 'come on, you can make it'.
“I was with him for about 15 minutes before the ambulance came.
“When the paramedics got here he was moving more and was able to lift his head up. Then they gave him CPR.
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“The whole night and this morning I’ve been struggling to concentrate. I just hope he makes it.”
The Sun Online understands the boy lives near to the scene of the stabbing.
Another neighbour, who asked not to be named, said: “We came outside after he was stabbed and there was a group of people around him, they were calling for help.
“The boy was lying on the floor and there was a lot of blood.
“He was talking and shouting but then I saw him close his eyes.
His mum came to his side and she was screaming, and then she fainted."
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“His mum came to his side and she was screaming, and then she fainted.
“People from the park opposite said the people who did it were driving a Land Rover.”
Cops this afternoon said the boy was in a serious but stable condition in hospital.
Dame Cressida said: “Last night, a 16-year-old boy, having just left home on his bike, as I understand it, was knocked off his bike, it appears, by a car, and then stabbed repeatedly in many different places.
“We recovered from the scene two Rambo knives, two Zombie knives, a kitchen knife.”
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Cops are trying to trace the driver of a white van who they believe may have witnessed the stabbing.
Detective Inspector Yasser Awad, who is leading the investigation, said: “This violent attack has left a teenage boy in hospital with serious injuries.
“We believe there may be people who saw what happened to him but have not yet come forward.
“The attack took place in a residential area and many people will have been in their homes due to the ongoing lockdown – if you heard a commotion or saw anything suspicious, we want to hear from you.
The boy was lying on the floor and there was a lot of blood."
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“In particular, we want to speak to the driver of a white van which was on Henry Road between 6.15pm and 6.20pm. We believe the driver may have vital information.”
Just 40 minutes after the Brixton attack, a 19-year-old boy was stabbed in Stratford, East London.
He also remains in a critical condition in hospital. No arrests have been made.
Police are urging anyone with information to contact them immediately quoting CAD 6614 for the Stratford stabbing and CAD 6277/23Feb for the Brixton attack.
Alternatively, you call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
It comes after a man was knifed to death yesterday in Tottenham, north London.
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Cops named the victim of the murder as 21-year-old Tyreke Watson.
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Witnesses said a "tiny teen" ambushed the victim at 4pm outside a Cash Converters on West Green Road - yards from the sport where a 17-year-old was murdered a month ago.
Detective Chief Inspector Linda Bradley, leading the investigation, said: “Tyreke’s family have been left completely devastated by his death and I would urge anyone who witnessed the attack or who has any other information about this case to contact police.”
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