Boy, 16, Stabbed To Death Outside Birthday Party

Charlie Kutuyampo was attacked near a social club where around 100 people were attending a girl's birthday party.

21:20, UK, Sunday 10 January 2016

A 16-year-old boy who was stabbed to death outside a friend's birthday party has been described as an "extrovert" who was "fun to be around".

The victim, named as Charlie Kutuyampo, had been celebrating a girl's 16th birthday on Saturday with around 100 other young people at a social club in Woodford, northeast London.
Outside the building on the Ashton Playing Fields, there was a confrontation between the victim who was alone and four male youths, said police.

The social club where the 16th birthday event took place

One of the males then stabbed him before all four then made their way towards Chigwell Road, officers added.
Friends at the party tried to save him in the park before police and paramedics arrived at around 9.40pm.

Video: Victim's Ex-Girlfriend 'Devastated'

But he died just over an hour later at Whipps Cross University Hospital.
No arrests have yet been made and police do not believe the killing was gang-related.
Charlie's ex-girlfriend Isabella Singer said she was "so devastated" and "kept crying".
One of his friends Jodeci Joseph described the victim as a "very nice boy" with "very good intentions".
Charlie was energetic, an extrovert, very happy and a fun guy to be around, he added.
Forensics officers have recovered two knives from near the scene, one a silver kitchen knife and the other a black-handled knife, but it is not yet clear whether either was involved in the stabbing.

Video: Stabbing Victim 'Was A Nice Boy'

The killing is being investigated by the Homicide and Major Crime Command and police are appealing to anyone who has information about the stabbing to contact them.
DCI Ken Hughes, leading the inquiry, said: "There were around 100 young people at this party and we are appealing for anyone with information or any witnesses to come forward as soon as possible.
"The victim's family are naturally devastated and in shock by what has happened and we need the help of those at the party that night to progress our investigation."
It is the first murder of a teenager in the capital this year, Scotland Yard said.
Nineteen teenagers were murdered in London in 2015.
Fifteen were stabbed to death, two others were strangled, one suffered head injuries and one died from "other" causes.

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