Police investigating the knife murder of an 18-year-old male youth in south London said on Friday he had been assaulted by up to eight hooded attackers.
Officers arrested a 16-year-old boy over the murder at his home in Brixton in the early hours of the morning.
Police had been called on Thursday evening to reports of a fight in Guildford Road, south Lambeth, and found the 18-year-old stabbed in the abdomen.
He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.
"It is believed that up to eight males were involved in the assault on the victim," Scotland Yard said.
"The suspects are described at this early stage as wearing hooded tops and some were possibly in possession of bikes."
Knife crime has become a top political issue in recent weeks with a spate of violent deaths, mostly stabbings, on the streets of London so far this year.
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