Curated By: Shankhyaneel Sarkar
Last Updated: November 18, 2023, 11:37 IST
London, United Kingdom (UK)
A Sikh teen was brutally overwhelmed after which stabbed to dying in West London’s Southall earlier this week. (Image: Pixabay/Representative)
Residents of Burket Close in Southall had been shaken after witnessing the beating and stabbing of a Sikh teenager.
A 17-year-old British Sikh teenager was stabbed to dying in west London after two teams clashed on a avenue in Burket Close, Southall. Police have arrested 4 males aged 21, 27, 31 and 71 on suspicion of homicide.
Neighbours talking to Evening Standard and the BBC stated they witnessed utter mayhem. The homicide occurred after midnight on Wednesday (native time).
The police rushed to the spot and located a 17-year-old male struggling accidents. Doctors with the emergency companies pronounced him lifeless at the scene. Eyewitnesses and neighbours stated the teenager was brutally overwhelmed after which stabbed after two teams clashed in the locality.
“Some guys turned up in a car and they started fighting with people on the street. There was screaming and fighting. Someone shouted ‘they attacked my family’. The fighting was outside a house on Burket Close it was utter mayhem,” an area was quoted as saying by the Evening Standard. He even intervened to cease the combat however failed.
“I saw a boy with a wound in his side and he was being savagely beaten by guys with sticks. I told them to stop but they just continued. Then a car sped off as this was happening…they left him for dead,” he additional added.
The resident highlighted that the combat was very violent.
The mom confirmed up at the scene and screamed with grief and was in a horrible situation, the report stated.
“It was so violent I heard someone shouting “get the knife, get the knife”,” one other neighbour stated.
The combat started close to the Grand Union Canal towpath after which unfold to Burket Close. Heavy police presence was noticed in the space following the knifing incident.
“I would like to reassure the community that we will carry out a thorough investigation to ensure those responsible are brought to justice,” Detective Superintendent Figo Forouzan, Head of CID in west London stated.
“Whilst we have made arrests in this investigation, I would like to seek assistance from the public. I continue to appeal to anyone who has any information about how the events unfolded or anyone who may have captured the incident on their phone, dash cameras or doorbell footage to make contact with the police immediately,” he additional added.
Virendra Sharma MP for Ealing and Southall additionally visited the crime scene and expressed his condolences to these affected by the killing, the report stated.
