UK-based Nigerian stabbed to death

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The United Kingdom Metropolitan Police say they have arrested two suspects in connection with a stabbing incident that led to the death of a 23-year-old Nigerian, John Temitope Onetufo.

PUNCH Metro learnt from a statement obtained from the Met Police website on Monday that the stabbing incident occurred on New Year’s Eve in the Lewisham area of London.

The police disclosed that operatives were alerted to the stabbing incident at about 12:35pm.

The statement noted that upon the arrival of emergency responders at the scene, the 23-year-old Onetufo was found with stab wounds to the chest and was immediately attended to.

It added that despite the efforts of paramedics, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The statement read, “Police were called at around 12:35 hrs on Wednesday, 31 December, following reports of a fatal stabbing in Grove Street, Lewisham.

“Officers attended the scene alongside the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance, where a 23-year-old man was treated for a stab wound to the chest. Punch