Two arrested after fatal triple stabbing in Archway

Leonardo Reid was one of the victims of the fatal stabbing <i>(Image: Metropolitan Police)</i>
Leonardo Reid was one of the victims of the fatal stabbing (Image: Metropolitan Police)
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A man and a teenage boy have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a triple stabbing in north London.

Police were called to Elthorne Road in Archway to reports of a stabbing at around 11.30pm on June 29.

Leonardo Reid, a 15-year-old boy from Islington, was found with stab wounds and pronounced dead at the scene shortly after midnight.

A 23-year-old man also suffering from stab wounds was rushed to a west London hospital where he later died.

A post-mortem examination gave a provisional cause of death for both victims as a stab wound to the chest.

A third victim, believed to be aged 28, was also found in the area with a stab wound.

He remains in a north London hospital where his condition is not thought to be life threatening.

Yesterday evening (July 3), a 27-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy were arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.

They are in custody at a police station in north London.

A 46-year-old man was previously arrested in connection with the incident but was subsequently released with no further action.

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