A teenager has died after being found stabbed in north-east London.
Officers were called to Westbury Road in Walthamstow at 9.20pm on Friday after the 17-year-old boy was discovered with a stab injury.
Emergency services treated him at the scene but he was pronounced dead, the Metropolitan Police said.
Detectives have launched an investigation into the death, but no arrests have been made.
Officers are working to confirm the 17-year-old’s identity and inform his next of kin.
A crime scene is in place with detectives from the Metropolitan Police’s Specialist Crime Command (Homicide) leading the investigation.
A local resident, who did not want to be named, said that before the arrival of emergency services they “didn’t hear anything at all that indicated violence, heard no shouting etc that we thought was odd”.
Sniffer dogs were at the scene on Friday night, while two cars had been removed by police, they added.
The resident said: “Police knocked on our door but we didn’t see anything and we don’t have CCTV.
“It is incredibly tragic and such a senseless loss of life. It feels especially shocking when it happens so close to home, and on an otherwise peaceful street.”
Any witnesses or people with information are asked to call 101 or tweet @MetCC quoting 8357/23Oct.
