Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with the death of a 16-year-old Nigerian, Folajimi Orebiyi, who was stabbed to death in Notting Hill, West London.
The Metropolitan police said two of the suspects – 16-year-old boys – were arrested on Monday night and were being held at separate London police stations.
The third suspect, a 15-year-old boy, was arrested earlier in the evening, The UK Guardian reports.
Some youths on bicycles had chased Orebiyi, an A-Level student from a neighbouring estate, after he had an argument with them.
The youths were said to have caught up with him around Portobello Arts Club, near Westbourne Grove, stabbed him in the neck and fled the scene.
Eyewitnesses told UK Independent that the victim staggered on the Portobello Road but later collapsed after losing a lot of blood.
A mother of one, who witnessed the attack, said police officers arrived late at the scene, adding that she watched them attempting to resuscitate the victim.
The woman, who asked not to be named said, “It was traumatising. It took half an hour for the ambulance to arrive even though there are hospitals all around. I spoke to the person who called the police and he said it took them so long to get here.”
A resident, Mark Gettleson, said he was amazed by the incident and demanded that the perpetrators be arrested and brought to book.
A Nigerian security expert, Dr. Ona Ekhomu, said the attacks might have been carried out by Britons who lacked proper understanding of Brexit.
Ekhomu added, “This is something that is expected as fallout of the Brexit vote because the Brexit itself succeeded in xenophobia. Most Nigerians migrate to the UK on visas as against those who used EU protocol to come into the UK. However, a common, uneducated British guy does not know the difference.
“They think everybody is an EU beneficiary, who comes to take up their jobs. In fact, many Nigerians in the UK are expressing fears of violence and a few have said they might consider coming back to Nigeria.”
“Our government must be very aggressive about this by using diplomatic leverage.”
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