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Murders come just days after three youngsters were stabbed in the
capital in suspected gang fight
London, February 20, 2009 – The family of a teenager stabbed to death as
he filled his car with petrol last night described their horror at the
killing.
Hassan Kul Hawadleh was one of two teenagers killed in separate
incidents in London on Thursday night.
The 19-year-old was attacked in Wealdstone, north London, shortly after
7.30pm when he was confronted by a gang of up to eight people on a
petrol forecourt.
Another teenager who was with Hawadleh was also stabbed and police said
he was in a stable condition in hospital last night.
Speaking from the family home in Colindale, north London, Hawadleh's
sister, Ubed, described him as the baby of the house.
"We can't believe this, it is a mystery why it would happen … I'm still
in shock, it feels like I'm living in a bad dream. Obviously we are all
incredibly upset."
Three hours after Hawadleh was killed, an 18-year-old was discovered
with stab wounds near a railway station in east London.
The 18-year-old was found by a member of the public near Maryland
railway station in Stratford.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan police said the teenager, who has not
been named, had been stabbed in the torso.
"He was taken to Royal London hospital but died shortly after arriving,"
added a spokesman.
Police said no arrests have been made in either case adding that
postmortems were due to take place yesterday.
The murders happened a day after three teenagers were stabbed in a
suspected gang fight in Chingford, east London.
The boys, aged between 16 and 17, were attacked in Kings Road on
Wednesday.
Three teenagers have died violently in London so far this year.
Source: The Guardian, Feb 20, 2009
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