Teenage boy killed in Primrose Hill stabbing on New Year’s Eve named
A 16-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed on New Year’s Eve at a popular London firework spot has been named by police as Harry Pitman.
The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to Primrose Hill in Camden at 11.40pm, where the teenager was pronounced dead shortly before midnight despite attempts at first aid.
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29 comments
probably a victim of diversity and cultural enrichment.
That poor lad lising his life so young. RIP HARRY sincere condolences to family and friends, may you find peace at this awful time.
Diversity is a stench.
Over a decade of tory rule
The UK must change its laws to give parents more powers to discipline their kids. Otherwise, these tragic stories will never end.
I knew the difference between right and wrong before I was sixteen. Then, however, we had a decent society.
And the colour of the killer was!!!!!
How sad kmt condolences to the family of the victim. 😢😢😢
I can imagine this lad was in a tech fleece being loud and goofing around on trains
The Government and Police are utterly failing in their duties
White people stubbed being named? I am not used to this. Welcoming change to treat every life equally
Islam….the religion of peace.
the diference betwen America US and anglia is ,in US CAN BE KILLED WITH A GUN MORE PEOPLE,IN ANGLAND WITH A KNIFE LESS PEOPLE,BUT THE MENTALITY IS THE SAME
I wonder why the face of the attacker wasnt shown 🙄
This city has become a depraved and dangerous place especially for youths and our rotten politicians are to blame. How appalling that yet another young man has lost his life – when will decent people say enough is enough 😢
Khan has been a disaster. This has become the norm in London. No one even bothers with candles anymore.
Was it a racially-motivated murder?
Diversity is our friend they want you to repeat like a robot
So. Was it again a non white person doing the stabbing??
Many comments on the decline of our beautiful country, and social-political-psychological abuse of our amazing native people, have been removed
Wonder what religion that is then ?
Condolences to the family but his sister going on tick-tock saying he wasn’t “in a gang” is a bit strange to me.
Harry pitman poor lad every year this seems to go on all he possibly wanted was to be a medium a gift given by God heaven sent yet not for him so sad as medium is the word yours SAINT ANTHONY BLESSED FOR my PATIENCE HENCE the expression PATIENCE of a SAINT PATRON SAINT OF CHILDREN THAT MEANS ALL OF YOU phychic medium and palm reader xxx x
police said no racial motive,so they werent white cant they just say they were black,if the victim was black and the perputrator white wed all know about it and all the blacks would be out rioting
Oh a stabbing. Let me guess…enrichment?
Sounds like perpetrator black. Tragedy for his family. Immigration a tragedy for this country
Lots of keyboard speculators here, lets wait and see who has been charged and found guilty, but does not matter for some people with the ethic comments as they will just say the same thing next time this happens. Must be great not to let facts or the truth have an affect on your opinions.
This is why ive rsised my kids to be ruthless fit and trained to fight rather have them judged by 12 than carried by 6 . That poor boy stood no chance . Sickening .Rest eternally in peace young Mr Pitman
I feel for the family and his friends what a waste of a life the boy who did it has wasted his life as well and his mum and dad suffer as well. All this killing is so sad so many mums and dads families friends surfing out there