Croydon stabbing: Second person arrested after 16-year-old killed
BBCA second person has been arrested after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death at a house in south London.
Police found the 16-year-old with stab wounds at a residential address in Bracken Avenue, Croydon, on Thursday.
He was pronounced dead at the scene and a murder investigation began.
Detectives said an 18-year-old man in Brierley Hill, West Midlands was arrested earlier on suspicion of murder. A 15-year-old was also arrested in Brighton, East Sussex on Friday.
The Met Police said the boy had been transferred to a police station in London where he was being questionned.
A post-mortem examination will be held in due course and the force said it was retaining an "open mind" as to the motive.
It has yet to release details of the victim's identity although next of kin has been informed.
Det Ch Insp Dave Blair said: "Our investigation is gathering pace but though we have made our second arrest, we still want to hear from anyone who has information relating to this horrific loss of a young life."
