Boy, 16, knifed to death in triple stabbing is named as cops arrest three more men for ‘murder

A 16-YEAR-OLD boy who was stabbed to death in east London has been named as Daniel Laskos.

The Met have made three further arrests in connection with the investigation into the horror attack in Harold Wood on Friday.

A 20-year-old man was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of murder and remains in custody.

An 18-year-old man was arrested on May 10 on suspicion of murder and released on bail to a date in early June.

A 24-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday, 11 May on suspicion of murder. He has been taken into custody.

The arrests relate to a murder investigation that was launched following a fatal stabbing on Church Road. Police were called to the location at 18:41hrs on Friday, 7 May following reports of a fight involving a number of people.

Officers and paramedics attended and found Daniel suffering from a stab injury. Despite the best efforts of the emergency services, he was pronounced dead at the scene at 19:07hrs.

Three other males were arrested on Friday, 7 May in connection with this incident. They are a 15-year-old male [A] and a 17-year-old male [B] who were both arrested on suspicion of murder. A 16-year-old male [C] was arrested on suspicion of affray.

[‘A’ and ‘B’ also remain in custody at an east London police station]

‘C’ has been bailed pending further enquiries to a date in early June.

Homicide detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command are investigating and enquiries remain ongoing.

Anyone with information that could assist the investigation is asked to call police on 101 or tweet @MetCC and quote reference CAD 6572/07May.

Alternatively, to remain anonymous contact the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.