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A 17-year-old boy has died after being stabbed on Friday outside Clapham South tube station, south west London.

The station is currently closed and trains are not stopping.

Metropolitan Police officers were called to the Tube station in Wandsworth at 4.35pm and forensic officers are currently inspecting the scene.

Local roads have also been shut by police.

He is the 21st teenager to be killed in London in 2018.

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Charity director Robin Pritchard said he moved through a crowd and saw the victim lying in a pool of blood while someone provided CPR.

The 47-year-old told the Press Association: "I saw the guy on the floor, a pool of blood like he'd been stabbed in the stomach, his clothes were soaked.

"It was strangely calm and quiet. I think everyone was in shock. Lots of kids there from the local college

"All I really registered were grey tracksuit bottoms which were soaked with a pool of blood coming from his waist like he'd been stabbed in the stomach."

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Another witness who did not want to be named said he saw a man carrying a large knife in a "bunch of guys" who were shouting and appeared agitated.

He added that the area is usually noisy after students leave nearby Saint Francis Xavier College.

He said: "I had no idea it was different to any other time the students get a bit noisy, until I saw the knife as I was literally passing them."

A Metropolitan Police statement said: "Police were called at approximately 4.35pm on Friday November 2 to reports of a stabbing outside Clapham South Tube Station.

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"Officers and London Ambulance Service attended.

"A 17-year-old male was found suffering from a stab wound. He was taken to a south London hospital where he died at 5.23pm.

"His next of kin have not been informed.

"Formal identification has not yet taken place and a post-mortem examination will be held in due course.

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"Police remain on scene. No arrests. Enquiries ongoing.

"Road closures are in place and Clapham South Station has been closed."

Today’s attack comes less than 24 hours after a 15-year-old boy was killed in Bellingham, south-east London.

The 21 teenagers killed in London in 2018