A teenager has been stabbed to death in southeast London.

The 18-year-old suffered stab wounds during an incident at a home in Greenwich and he died at the scene, the Metropolitan Police said.

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the incident.

Officers were called to Topham House in Prior Street at 9.41pm on Saturday after receiving reports of a man who was unresponsive after being stabbed.

Paramedics from the London Air Ambulance attended, but the teenager could not be saved.


It comes amid increased concern about violent crime in London among teenagers and young adults.

The number of murder investigations in the capital so far in 2018 has exceeded 100.