A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a man was stabbed to death outside an Asda in West London.
Osman Shidane, 20, was attacked in Victoria road in South Ruislip on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed.
The victim, West Drayton, Hillingdon, was rushed to hospital and remained in a critical condition for several days. Tragically, he died on Friday at about 5pm.
Osman Shidane, 20 (pictured), died on Friday after being repeatedly stabbed on Tuesday night
A boy, just 16, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged with Shidane’s murder yesterday and is being held in custody
A post-mortem examination held yesterday gave the cause of death as multiple stab wounds.
The 16-year-old boy charged with Shidane’s murder is from Hillingdon but cannot be named for legal reasons.
He was arrested on Wednesday at about 12.30pm in The Fairway, a residential street in Ruislip, on suspicion of attempted murder.
He was charged with Osman’s murder yesterday.
It is believed the 16-year-old accused of murder hails from the same area, Hillingdon, as the victim
Osman, London’s 66th murder victim this year, was found in Victoria Road (pictured)
A 15-year-old girl was also arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of assisting an offender – but has since been released without investigation.
Earlier this week relatives of Osman asked friend and family to pray for the boy’s recovery.
His aunt posted to Facebook: ‘Please make dua for my nephew who is fighting for his life in hospital after a stabbing. Keep him in your prayers this Ramadan.’
Detectives from the Homicide and Major Crime Command are investigating the incident and continue to make enquiries.
Osman attended Harlington School, a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
Osman Shidane (pictured) hailed from West Drayton, Hillingdon, and attended Harlington School, a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the London Borough of Hillingdon
Blood covered the pavement where the 20-year-old was repeatedly stabbed
Police and paramedics were called to the scene in Victoria Road, South Ruislip, shortly after 9pm on Tuesday
The area was cordoned off while Shidane was treated for life-threatening wounds in hospital
In the first three months of this year 45 murders were recorded, compared to the first quarter of 2017 when there were 23.
There were two stabbings in just half an hour last month, when on April 15 young father Raul Nicolaie was knifed to death aged 26 in north London. In Brixton in the south of the capital, a woman lost her life to knife crime.
An urgent investigation into the violent crime wave in the capital was launched by the Police and Crime Committee of the London Assembly – and Mayor Sadiq Khan has been urged to ‘take hold of the situation’.
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