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A 15-year-old youth has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow schoolboy in north London.
The unnamed teenage suspect is being held by Metropolitan Police after the death of 15-year-old Deshaun James Tuitt, who was stabbed in Highbury Fields, Islington, just before 9pm on Thursday August 4.
He died later in hospital.
A 34-year-old woman has also been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, Scotland Yard said.
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Police have renewed appeals for information or footage.
Detective Chief Inspector Joanna Yorke of the Met’s Specialist Crime Command said: “Despite these arrests we are still very keen to hear from anyone who has information or footage relating to this incident.
“We are working hard to piece together a timeline of events that led to Deshaun’s murder and I urge anyone who saw something, or captured footage, to get in touch without delay.
“Deshaun’s devastated loved ones are asking why this happened – if you have information please get in touch and help us to give them the answers they so desperately need.”
A post-mortem examination found Deshaun’s cause of death was a stab wound, shock and haemorrhage.