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17-01-2010, 02:40 PM
Teenager dies after knives and bats brawl between rival gangs
Benedict Moore-Bridger
15.01.10
A teenager has died after being savagely beaten and stabbed during a mass brawl in east London between two gangs wielding baseball bats and "Rambo-style" knives.
Terrified onlookers described how the 18-year-old was encircled by a screaming mob of hooded youths who rained down punches and kicks as he lay helpless on the floor.
The gang then set upon a nearby car where three of the teenager's friends were taking refuge, witnesses said. They smashed its windows and lights before running off when the 17-year-old driver - who is also understood to have been stabbed - leapt out brandishing a huge blade as he ran to rescue his friend.
The 18-year-old is the first teenager to be murdered in London this year.
The street fight, in Parnell Road, Bow, is believed to have resulted from a postcode rivalry between two gangs, the Bow Bloodshedders and the IOD Gang from the Isle of Dogs.
Miniara Ali, 37, saw the attacks from her kitchen window. She said: "Suddenly I heard this screaming. I went outside to see more clearly what was happening and saw a group of boys punching and kicking another boy on the ground. They were in a circle all round him. I was terrified.
A spokesman for the Met said eight people had now been arrested, two women in their twenties and forties, and six teenagers and men aged between 16 and 20. Anyone with information is asked to call police on 020 7275 4546 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
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When the olympics gets underway, all of this shit will be hidden and moved to some other desolate area, so the new urban professionals can not pretend and not being bothered by what happened.
Benedict Moore-Bridger
15.01.10
A teenager has died after being savagely beaten and stabbed during a mass brawl in east London between two gangs wielding baseball bats and "Rambo-style" knives.
Terrified onlookers described how the 18-year-old was encircled by a screaming mob of hooded youths who rained down punches and kicks as he lay helpless on the floor.
The gang then set upon a nearby car where three of the teenager's friends were taking refuge, witnesses said. They smashed its windows and lights before running off when the 17-year-old driver - who is also understood to have been stabbed - leapt out brandishing a huge blade as he ran to rescue his friend.
The 18-year-old is the first teenager to be murdered in London this year.
The street fight, in Parnell Road, Bow, is believed to have resulted from a postcode rivalry between two gangs, the Bow Bloodshedders and the IOD Gang from the Isle of Dogs.
Miniara Ali, 37, saw the attacks from her kitchen window. She said: "Suddenly I heard this screaming. I went outside to see more clearly what was happening and saw a group of boys punching and kicking another boy on the ground. They were in a circle all round him. I was terrified.
A spokesman for the Met said eight people had now been arrested, two women in their twenties and forties, and six teenagers and men aged between 16 and 20. Anyone with information is asked to call police on 020 7275 4546 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
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When the olympics gets underway, all of this shit will be hidden and moved to some other desolate area, so the new urban professionals can not pretend and not being bothered by what happened.