{"id":5041,"date":"2026-04-03T09:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/5041\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:38:08","slug":"murder-probe-launched-after-teen-dies-in-suspected-stabbing-in-belmont-road-whitstable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/5041\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder probe launched after teen dies in suspected stabbing in Belmont Road, Whitstable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A murder investigation has been launched after a 19-year-old man died in a suspected stabbing in a residential street.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called to reports of a serious assault in Belmont Road, Whitstable, just after 2am today.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 897 695\" alt=\"Police have set up a forensics tent in Belmont Road, Whitstable\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"UCB5ENKDZMPO6ZW71DAM.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.29\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/UCB5ENKDZMPO6ZW71DAM.jpg\" alt=\"Police have set up a forensics tent in Belmont Road, Whitstable\"\/>Police have set up a forensics tent in Belmont Road, Whitstable<\/p>\n<p>Officers attended alongside other emergency services &#8211; including an air ambulance &#8211; and the man was found with injuries consistent with stab wounds.<\/p>\n<p>He died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>A red and white forensics tent has been erected next to the Windsor House flats block in Belmont Road, and the road is expected to remain closed for several hours.<\/p>\n<p>The air ambulance landed on nearby Westmeads Recreation Ground at about 3am.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 3810 2530\" alt=\"Police have taped off Belmont Road in Whitstable following an incident in the early hours\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"JOLRWS3RCF0GJW1OLDOH.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.51\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/JOLRWS3RCF0GJW1OLDOH.jpg\" alt=\"Police have taped off Belmont Road in Whitstable following an incident in the early hours\"\/>Police have taped off Belmont Road in Whitstable following an incident in the early hours<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 900 572\" alt=\"An air ambulance landed on Westmeads Recreation Ground in Whitstable at 3am. Picture: Fran RL\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"LS0Z4CVJLPP7PEMZAMQR.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.57\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LS0Z4CVJLPP7PEMZAMQR.jpg\" alt=\"An air ambulance landed on Westmeads Recreation Ground in Whitstable at 3am. Picture: Fran RL\"\/>An air ambulance landed on Westmeads Recreation Ground in Whitstable at 3am. Picture: Fran RL<\/p>\n<p>Before details of the incident were known, one resident living in Belmont Road said they woke to find &#8220;loads of police&#8221; in the street.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The road is completely closed and I think it&#8217;ll stay shut all day,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Officers are going in and out of the red and white tent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information which could assist officers should call 01843 222289, quoting reference 03-0102.<\/p>\n<p>You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n<p>More as we get it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A murder investigation has been launched after a 19-year-old man died in a suspected stabbing in a residential&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[61,309,5,6,1094],"class_list":{"0":"post-5041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-kent","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-whitstable"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116340110290515287","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}