Youth fifth to die from stabbing in the capital

A TEENAGER has been stabbed to death in West London.

The 19-year-old was discovered fatally wounded near a large number of cars in Kensington at around 3.30am on Sunday.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, becoming the fifth teenager to die from knife injuries in London so far this year.

Met Police detectives are trying to work out whether the death was linked to a house party on nearby Earls Court Road.

A 19-year-old man was arrested near to the scene. He has been taken to a west London police station where he remains in custody.

Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cranwell said: “While we are in the very early stages of our investigation, we know there was a party at a nearby address on Earls Court Road around the time of this incident.

“We are still working to establish any link, but it does mean the area would have been busy with vehicles and pedestrians at the time.”

Police stood guard at two potential crime scenes in the area, with forensics officers appearing to retrieve material from behind a cordon on Logan Place, while a solitary uniformed officer stood at police tape across the threshold of a terrace property nearby.

A woman neighbour, said: “My father saw police shining torches around the back of the house last night, he said it was as though they were looking for something in particular.

“It was the middle of the night when it happened.”