A 15-year-old boy has been charged with the homicide of 15-year-old Zaian Aimable-Lina, the Metropolitan Police stated.
{The teenager} was arrested on suspicion of homicide late on New 12 months’s Day after the assault in Croydon on Thursday.
He was taken to a south London police station and charged on Monday. He’s set to look at Bromley Magistrates’ Courtroom on Tuesday.
Police stated Zaian’s household had been knowledgeable.
One other boy, additionally 15, has been launched on bail till late January after having been arrested on suspicion of homicide.
Zaian died on the scene of the assault in Ashburton Park shortly after 7.30pm on Thursday 30 December. A autopsy gave the reason for loss of life as a stab wound to the center.
Police have appealed for anybody with info on the assault to come back ahead.
Detective Chief Inspector Richard Leonard stated “Zaian’s loss of life has despatched shockwaves via the local people and London as an entire.
“He was simply 15 years previous and had his entire life forward of him and we want the group to work with us to carry these accountable to justice.
“Regardless of how insignificant you could suppose it, when you’ve got info that may assist, you could do the suitable factor and speak to us instantly.”
Zaian was one in all two youngsters stabbed to loss of life in London inside an hour on Thursday.
The second sufferer, an unnamed 16-year-old boy, was killed in Yiewsley, west London. Police investigating his loss of life arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of homicide on Sunday.
The 2 killings took the variety of teenage homicides in London final yr to 30 — a brand new document. The earlier document was 29 in 2008.
Police have requested anybody with info that might help the investigations to name 020 8721 4266 or 101. Info can be offered to Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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