London stabbings: Teenager becomes fourth to die in string of incidents across capital

Dying 19-year-old reportedly called for his mother as he lay wounded in the street

Eight teenagers have been killed in London in 2016 (PA)

A 19-year-old has become the fourth teenager to be stabbed to death in London in just two weeks.

Police and paramedics rushed to the Monks Hill estate in Selsdon, Croydon after reports of a knife fight.

The man, named locally as Andre, was found lying on a patch of grass after reportedly being chased through the streets by a gang “armed with machetes”.

An unnamed witness told the London Evening Standard: “I saw Andre running for his life and three others were coming up behind him.

“They were just chasing him and not shouting. They chased him behind a row of shops. I called the police because I knew if they were to get to him he’d be done.

“They were armed with machetes. The knives were about a foot long. I was told Andre was stabbed 20 times”.

A friend of the aspiring DJ said his mother had come running down the road after him following the incident while he screamed for her on the ground.

Another friend said he was “the nicest boy” and was “in the wrong place at the wrong time”.

Police have arrested two men in connection with the stabbing, with both being held in custody.

The four teenagers fatally stabbed over two weeks are among to have been killed across the capital so far this year.

An 18-year-old has been charged with the murder of Lance Scott Walker, who was stabbed to death on the street in broad daylight in Hayes, south London on Monday afternoon.

Idris Hassan will appear at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.

Earlier in August, Andrew Oteng-Ouwusu died after being stabbed just metres away from his family home in Bermondsey, while Leoandro Osemeke was stabbed to death at a house party in Peckham.