16-year-old boy fatally stabbed on a hill overlooking London during New Year's Eve
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A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death on a hill overlooking central London as crowds gathered to watch New Year's Eve fireworks
LONDON -- A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death on a hilltop overlooking central London as crowds gathered to watch New Year’s Eve fireworks, police said Monday.
Harry Pitman was with friends on Primrose Hill just before midnight when he became involved in a dispute that turned deadly, Detective Chief Inspector Geoff Grogan said. Efforts to revive him failed.
“He was a young man with the rest of his life ahead of him,” Grogan said. “His family are understandably devastated.”
A boy the same age was arrested on suspicion of murder and was being held in custody, police said.
Detectives were seeking information from witnesses who were among the hundreds of people gathered on the hill adjacent to Regent's Park. It is surrounded by streets of wealthy homes and is also near several public housing towers.
