Murder hunt after man killed on London's Oxford Street
Knife crime has blighted London in recent months - it was one of four serious stabbings in 48 hours in the capital.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has made the fight against knife crime a priority in his first term.
London's Deputy Mayor for Young People, Ray Lewis, said the crime was a "rising onslaught".
"This isn't a blow-out, this is a slow leak," he told BBC television. "This has been an increasing and steadily rising onslaught of lawlessness and abandoned behaviour for a number of years."
Jimmy Mizen, 16, was slashed in the throat with glass after declining to become involved in a fight with a man, said by newspapers to be a 19 year-old Turkish man.
Another two teenage boys were stabbed in Holloway, North London on Sunday night while 16 year-old Jimmy Mizen was slashed in the throat.
Police said they were recovering in hospital. No arrests have been made over that incident.
(Editing by Peter Griffiths)
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