Pictured: Baptista, 15, was stabbed to death in Stratford, east London yesterday One of the teenagers stabbed to death in the space of just four hours in London yesterday has been pictured for the first time.The victim, named locally as 'Baptista', was a 15-year-old student at St Bonaventure's School in Forest Gate, east London. Onlookers watched in horror as he and another 15-year-old boy were stabbed outside the McDonald's in the Stratford Centre at 3.20pm on Thursday. Paramedics battled to save the two teens, but Baptista was pronounced dead at the scene at 3.49pm. The other was rushed to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.Less than four hours later police were scrambled to the scene of another stabbing on the Brandon Estate in Camberwell. Just after 8pm they found an 18-year-old man with knife wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene an hour later. No arrests have been made in either case and police have told MailOnline there is no suggestion the two incidents are linked. Pictures of the schoolboy have circulated on social media with the hashtags 'fly high', 'rest up Baptista' and 'RIP'. His former football team 'Mindset FC' have paid tribute to him, tweeting: 'Dark moment at Mindset as one of our former players from the under 16s last season went to sleep today at Stratford due to knife crime.'All of us at Mindset have the family in our thoughts and prayers.' Police and paramedics found the schoolboy with 'critical injuries' and despite battling to save his life he was pronounced dead at the scene near the shopping centre at 3.49pm (police treat the surviving teenager in Stratford) Witnesses reported seeing two teenagers attacked in front of shocked onlookers in Stratford, east London, on Thursday afternoon, with one of the pair receiving fatal stab wounds A forensic tent is pictured on the Brandon Estate in Camberwell after an 18-year-old man was stabbed to death last night A police cordon is pictured in place on the Brandon Estate in Camberwell in the early hours of this morning The victim's former football team paid tribute to him on social media RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Extinction Rebellion money men revealed: UK billionaire... Amorous plumber is caught on CCTV 'having sex with another... Share this article Share He and the other teenager were attacked on or after getting off a bus that had stopped close to the Stratford Shopping Centre, the Met Police said. Friends rushed to help him and members of the public performed first aid at the scene, it added. Police and paramedics the boy with 'critical injuries' and despite battling to save his life he was pronounced dead at the scene near the shopping centre at 3.49pm.The force said his next of kin have been informed but formal identification and a post-mortem examination were yet to take place. The second boy, aged 15, was also found with stab injuries was taken to an east London hospital, where his injuries are said to be not life-threate
Two teenagers stabbed to death in London in four fatal hours
Pictured: Baptista, 15, was stabbed to death in Stratford, east London yesterday One of the teenagers stabbed to death in the space of just four hours in London yesterday has been pictured for the first time.The victim, named locally as 'Baptista', was a 15-year-old student at St Bonaventure's School in Forest Gate, east London. Onlookers watched in horror as he and another 15-year-old boy were stabbed outside the McDonald's in the Stratford Centre at 3.20pm on Thursday. Paramedics battled to save the two teens, but Baptista was pronounced dead at the scene at 3.49pm. The other was rushed to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.Less than four hours later police were scrambled to the scene of another stabbing on the Brandon Estate in Camberwell. Just after 8pm they found an 18-year-old man with knife wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene an hour later. No arrests have been made in either case and police have told MailOnline there is no suggestion the two incidents are linked. Pictures of the schoolboy have circulated on social media with the hashtags 'fly high', 'rest up Baptista' and 'RIP'. His former football team 'Mindset FC' have paid tribute to him, tweeting: 'Dark moment at Mindset as one of our former players from the under 16s last season went to sleep today at Stratford due to knife crime.'All of us at Mindset have the family in our thoughts and prayers.' Police and paramedics found the schoolboy with 'critical injuries' and despite battling to save his life he was pronounced dead at the scene near the shopping centre at 3.49pm (police treat the surviving teenager in Stratford) Witnesses reported seeing two teenagers attacked in front of shocked onlookers in Stratford, east London, on Thursday afternoon, with one of the pair receiving fatal stab wounds A forensic tent is pictured on the Brandon Estate in Camberwell after an 18-year-old man was stabbed to death last night A police cordon is pictured in place on the Brandon Estate in Camberwell in the early hours of this morning The victim's former football team paid tribute to him on social media RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Extinction Rebellion money men revealed: UK billionaire... Amorous plumber is caught on CCTV 'having sex with another... Share this article Share He and the other teenager were attacked on or after getting off a bus that had stopped close to the Stratford Shopping Centre, the Met Police said. Friends rushed to help him and members of the public performed first aid at the scene, it added. Police and paramedics the boy with 'critical injuries' and despite battling to save his life he was pronounced dead at the scene near the shopping centre at 3.49pm.The force said his next of kin have been informed but formal identification and a post-mortem examination were yet to take place. The second boy, aged 15, was also found with stab injuries was taken to an east London hospital, where his injuries are said to be not life-threate
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