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Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenager was stabbed to death in south-west London.
Scotland Yard confirmed that the two men aged 19 and 27 had been arrested after presenting themselves at a central London hospital.
The stabbing took place on Tuesday close to Prince George's primary school in Battersea.
Police and the London Ambulance Service were called after reports of an attack on Westbridge Road on Tuesday night.
A police forensic tent at the scene where a teenager was knifed to deathPAParamedics worked desperately to save the victim, a 19-year-old man, but he was declared dead at the scene
Police at the scene of the fatal stabbing in BatterseaPAPolice were called at 7.50pm and medics battled to save the victim for 45 minutes at the scene.
Images showed a forensic tent erected in the street, which was cordoned off amid the police investigation.
London’s mayor Sadiq Khan described the young man’s death as “heartbreaking”.
He tweeted: 'Heartbreaking to hear of the death of a young man in Battersea. My thoughts tonight are with his family and friends.”
The road was sealed off as police launched a murder probePAThe scene is near to the school Thomas's Battersea, where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge send their son Prince George.
Crime scene: emergency services were scrambled to the streetPAEarlier this week, it was revealed that half of all knife crime offenders in London are teenagers are even younger children.
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Police statistics showed that 41 per cent of those being caught for knife crimes across London’s boroughs are now aged between 15 and 19.