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A photo of the deceased

Police launched a murder hunt today after a young man was stabbed to death in a busy London street.

Police are appealing to the public for information following the fatal stabbing of a 24-year-old man in SW16.

Officers were called at approximately 19.15hrs on Tuesday, 21 August to reports of a man stabbed in Gleneldon Mews, SW16.

Police and London Ambulance Service attended and discovered a man suffering wounds to the neck. He was treated but pronounced dead at the scene at 20.20hrs.

The victim, who is of Somali origin, has been identified as 24 year old Hanad Osman.

A post-mortem examination will take place at Greenwich mortuary on a date yet to be confirmed.

The deceased was found to the rear of a property in Gleneldon Mews and a number of people are known to have been in the vicinity.

Detectives from the Homicide and Serious Crime Command are keen to speak with those people and also members of the Somali community who may have information about the incident and the victim.

An incident room has opened under Detective Chief Inspector Charles King, who said: "At this early stage we do not believe this man had any gang links and we retain an open mind regarding the motive for this attack.

"Clearly, he was the victim of a brutal assault and I would urge anyone with any information that may assist my officers to come forward. I can assure you that you will be treated with the utmost discretion."

Anybody with information is asked to call the incident room on 020 8721 4054. To speak anonymously call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

There has been no arrest at this time.


Word going around is that the suspect is also Somali. Here's one tweet:

The guy look old for his age.

Allah ya raxmah.

His last tweets.

So many dysfunctional families and youth lost in this madow ,gangster lifestyle.What's the point of helping back home when we ignore ourselves here?. Isn't it just as important?.

^^Qof balwad leh faaido ma leh, cid caawin karta ba iska yar.

I disagree. There is counselling/therapy for addicts that can help,most important is family support . Adduunyadan waa la isku wada baahanyahay, if we don't support our sick who will?.

Ilahay janaada fardowsa haa ka waraabsho.

It is a shocking death for his parents, family and all those of his friends and those that knew of him.

Wallah, so many people still in shock.

The guy who killed him is known, the police basically just want to know his whereabouts. That's all.

Saraxnow wrote:I disagree. There is counselling/therapy for addicts that can help,most important is family support . Adduunyadan waa la isku wada baahanyahay, if we don't support our sick who will?.

I've no sympathy for pple who drink, they made their choice, why even bother.Besides you cant reason with these pple, all they want is the bottle.
I know this mother who tried to help her teenage son, walaahi he almost killed her.She never go near him now and kicked him out.

aun

salool wrote:

Saraxnow wrote:I disagree. There is counselling/therapy for addicts that can help,most important is family support . Adduunyadan waa la isku wada baahanyahay, if we don't support our sick who will?.

I've no sympathy for pple who drink, they made their choice, why even bother.Besides you cant reason with these pple, all they want is the bottle.
I know this mother who tried to help her teenage son, walaahi he almost killed her.She never go near him now and kicked him out.

It's not just alcoholics, Somalis lack community support and organisation unlike other ethnic groups. The only time they act is when another kid gets stabbed, Allahu akbar markaas uun bay toosaan. Lol. Neverending cycle,but we can stop it.

VeiledGarbasar wrote:The guy who killed him is known, the police basically just want to know his whereabouts. That's all.

Smh, what are the police waiting for?

He looked like the Game nonetheless AUN.

AUN

Hope they catch the killer.

May Allah have mercy on him and forgive him for his sins. It hurts to see young Somali people killing each other.

TeAmo wrote:May Allah have mercy on him and forgive him for his sins. It hurts to see young Somali people killing each other.

Smh, it's mainly London too.