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A teenager was stabbed to death protecting his younger brother from a gang that had stolen a phone.
Dogan Ismail, 17, died after being
knifed in the chest on Sunday afternoon at a block of flats in Walworth,
south-east London.
The sixth-form student and his
younger brother Orhan, 15, had gone to retrieve a stolen BlackBerry when they
were confronted by up to four youths and a row broke out.
The mobile phone had previously been
stolen by a trio of pupils - that Orhan recognised from his school - as he
walked home from playing football.
Two days later he received a message
saying: 'If you come here we will give it back to you,' according to The Sun.
The pair headed to Latimer House to
retrieve the phone, but instead one of the boys pulled out a knife and stabbed
Dogan in the chest at the top of a stairwell.
The teenager bled to death as his
younger brother tried desperately to save his life.
Orhan later told his family: 'He
made to give back the phone, but instead brought a knife from behind his back
and stabbed Dogan in the chest.
'His last words were, ‘Oh my God, you have stabbed me!’ The guy just calmly walked away.'
Police have now taken the unusual
step of naming a youth wanted for questioning in connection with Dogan's death.
Dawda Jallow, 15, from the Peckham area,
is described as black, clean shaven with cropped black afro hair, 5ft 5in tall
and slightly built.
He has brown eyes and speaks with a
London accent, although he is a Gambian national.
Detective Chief Inspector Matt
Bonner of the Homicide and Serious Crime Command, leading the investigation,
said: 'I am seeking help from the local community to locate Dawda Jallow. I
appeal to anyone who knows of his whereabouts, or has any information that
could assist us, to come forward.
'If Dawda is seen, please do not
approach him but contact police.
'I appeal direct to Dawda to present himself at a police station so this matter can be dealt with.'
Dogan, who is believed to have studied at the Walworth Academy, is of Turkish origin and lived in nearby Peckham.
The Metropolitan Police and London
Ambulance Service were called to Latimer House, Beaconsfield Road, at 4.20pm,
where the victim, from Peckham, south-east London, was subsequently pronounced
dead.
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested
on suspicion of murder and a 39-year-old woman on suspicion of perverting the
course of justice, and were yesterday bailed.
Mr Bonner added: 'My thoughts go out
to Dogan's family, who have been left devastated by his senseless killing. That
it should happen at this time of year is all the more tragic. I would like to
urge anyone with information about this incident to come forward and speak with
my officers or, if they would prefer to remain anonymous, Crimestoppers.
The murder scene is yards from where
21-year-old Shaun Chambers died on September 26 after being stabbed in an
apparent gang-related killing.
Mr Chambers, 21, from Greenwich, was
stabbed in the heart.
However Mr Bonner said there was 'no
evidence' to suggest Dogan's death was gang related.
He said: 'I know there will also be
local speculation about the fact that this murder took place on the same spot
that Shaun Chambers was killed on 26 September, but I would like to make clear
that there is no link between the incidents aside from the location.'
Dogan is the eighth teenager to be
murdered in London in 2012.
Residents on the estate today said
they were living in fear following the second such incident on their doorstep
in the space of a few months.
A mother-of-two, who did not want to
be identified, said: 'This is a very bad estate. It's so dangerous. I want to
move, but I have to wait for the council to move me because I am poor.'
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