A man known as ‘DJ Nana Banger’ was stabbed to death after an 18th birthday party was posted to social media and ‘over 100 people’ showed up.

The 20-year-old was identified by friends online, including midfielder Timothy Fosu-Mensah, after he was killed in Hackney, north London, last night.

The Metropolitan Police were called to a fight at a flat in Wilderton Road, Stamford Hill at 12.50am where they found the DJ and a 17-year-old boy with stab wounds.

The talented DJ has been identified by friends on social media after he was fatally stabbed on Saturday morning

A police cordon at Wilderton Road, Stamford Hill, North London (Picture: Ben Cawthra/LNP)

Despite rushing them to hospital, Nana Banger was pronounced dead at 4.30am.


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The boy remains in hospital but Met Police said his condition has tonight been described by Met Police as not life-threatening.



The footballer, who is currently on loan to Fulham from Manchester United, can be seen with Nana Banger in an Instagram video from December 2016.

Fosu-Mensah posted a still from the video on Saturday saying ‘RIP to you my brother…love U may god bless U @nanabanger’ with two crying emojis and a rose underneath.

Jordan Henry, a friend of the birthday boy said: ‘It was an 18th birthday party of one of my friends and the invitation just went round to too many people and over 100 people showed up.

Friends paid tribute to the DJ online

‘It was posted on social media and everyone showed up.

‘The neighbours said they saw two boys fighting outside and then one of them who was stabbed ran back inside.

‘Once everyone knew what it was they started running and screaming down the street, it was like a riot. It was crazy.’

Many paid respect to the talented DJ, who has only been named by his stage name, on Twitter.

One tweet read: ‘Rest in peace to one of the humblest guy on road man we gonna miss you nana banger.’

Another one said: ‘Painful one to wake up to. All I can say is whether it was football Djing or just general conversation this guy would always show man that I’m good at what I do and his times done for the music/football scene that’s why I fuck with this guy no matter what’s going on in the area the conversations positive.’

A neighbour said he was DJing at the party

Some claimed partygoers filmed the fatal stabbing and posted videos to Snapchat.

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A woman who tweeted ‘RIP Nana’ also said: ‘Tired of this generation that we’re living in.. how the fuck do you back out your phone and record some dying..’

One Twitter user said: ‘Man was dying and everyone backed there phones to record.

‘Word I seen the snaps of everyone turning up then next mans just lying there dying.’

Another posted: ‘One of my boys was DJ’ing and snapped Nana before everything turned fucked.’

Several have described the 18th birthday party last night as a ‘motive’ – an event that people post publicly about on Snapchat by putting ‘motive’ as a caption on the video.

A neighbour said earlier today the man murdered at the 18th birthday party next door was DJing at the event.

Police have appealed for witnesses who attended the party (Picture: Ben Cawthra/LNP)

The family of the birthday boy were said to be ‘devastated’ that the party ended in tragedy.



Met Police said a third victim at the party was found with head injuries.

Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Packer from the Homicide and Major Crime Command, who leads the investigation, has appealed for information by people who attended the party.

He said: ‘Another family has been left devastated by the senseless loss of a young life to knife crime, and we’re doing all we can to bring those responsible to justice.

‘What we know so far is that all three of these victims appear to have been attending a large house party at the address on Wilderton Road.

‘I want to hear from anyone who was at that party, even if they didn’t witness the assaults, they may have some information that could help us piece together the course of events that led to this tragedy.

‘We will continue to work tirelessly on this case, but as ever we need witnesses to come forward and tell us what they know.

‘I can understand that some people may want to remain anonymous, so I would urge them to make contact with Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 to share what they know.’

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