Boy, 15, is charged with murdering 15-year-old and trying to kill another teen in London stabbing attack

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with the murder and the attempted murder of two teenagers after a horrific stabbing in south London. 

Tamim Ian Habimana, also 15, was found with a single stab wound when officers were called to reports of an attack in Woolwich, south east London shortly after 5.20pm on Monday. 

Tamim was pronounced dead at the scene in Woolwich New Road at 6.08pm, despite the efforts of emergency services to save him.

A 15-year-old boy was due to appear at Bromley Magistrates' Court on Saturday charged over the death.

He is also charged with the attempted murder of another 15-year-old and possession of an offensive weapon.

Two other boys, aged 14 and 15, remain in custody at a police station in south London, having also been arrested on suspicion of Tamim's murder.

Tamim Ian Habimana, 15, was found with a single stab wound when officers were called to reports of an attack in Woolwich, south east London shortly after 5.20pm on Monday

Images from the scene appeared to show members of the public holding up sheets to cover the victim from view as paramedics desperately tried to save his life

Paramedics, multiple police vehicles and an air ambulance were called to Woolwich New Road, south east London, at 5.23pm on Monday, July 5 after Tamim was attacked in front of stunned onlookers.

Following the attack, a local Tesco branch was evacuated before armed police barred the entrance and raided the store 'in search of the suspect', My London reports. 

The capital has been rocked by a spate of stabbings in the first six months of 2021, with more than 20 teenagers killed in knife crime incidents since the turn of the year. 

 

Emergency services at the scene after Tamim Ian Habimana, 15, was stabbed to death in a horrific attack on Woolwich New Road, south east London

Police officers stand outside a nearby Tesco branch after it was evacuated earlier today

Images from the scene also appeared to show members of the public holding up sheets to cover the victim from view as paramedics desperately tried to save his life.

Police were later called to a south London hospital after another 15-year-old boy self-presented with a stab wound.

The teenager, whose injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, was subsequently arrested on suspicion of murder.

The grim roll of teens killed in London in first six months of 2021 

January 20: Anas Mezenner, 17, died in hospital after being stabbed in Tottenham the previous evening. Two boys, both aged 16, were charged with murder.  

January 25: Romario Opia, 15, was stabbed to death in Archway. 

February 11: Hani Solomon, 19, was stabbed to death outside Parsons Green tube station. Two teenagers were charged with murder. 

February 19: Drekwon Patterson, 16, died in hospital after being stabbed in Wembley the previous evening. 

February 26: Ahmed Beker, 19, was stabbed to death on Paddington Green. 

March 3: Tai O'Donnel, 19, was stabbed to death in Croydon. A woman, 22, was charged with murder. 

March 6: Mazaza Owusu-Mensah, 18, was stabbed to death in Abbey Wood. 

March 8: Nikolay Vandev, 19, was stabbed to death in Tottenham. Two boys, aged 15 and 17, were charged with murder. 

March 10: Ezra Okobia, 14, died in hospital four days after his five-year-old brother Joseph Okobia died following a fire in the family's flat in Greenwich. Their mother, Victoria Amaning, 34, died from her injuries on March 11. Police believe the fire was started deliberately inside the address and ruled out the involvement of a third party. 

March 17: Hussain Chaudhry, 18 was stabbed to death in Walthamstow. A teenager was charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder. 

April 10: Levi Ernest-Morrison, 17, was fatally stabbed in Sydenham. A woman, aged 36, was charged with murder. 

April 23: Fares Maatou, 14, was stabbed to death in Canning Town. 

April 26: Abubakar 'Junior' Jah, 18, was stabbed and shot in Canning Town. 

May 7: Daniel Laskos, 16, was stabbed to death in Harold Wood. Five teenagers were charged with murder. 

June 8: Taylor Cox, 19, was shot in Crouch Hill. A teenager, aged 19, was charged with murder. 

June 10: Denardo Samuels-Brooks, 17, was fatally stabbed in Streatham. Four teenagers were charged. 

June 11: Jalan Woods-Bell, 15, was stabbed in Hayes. A boy, aged 15, was charged with murder. 

June 25: A 19-year-old man was stabbed to death in Sydenham.

July 1: Camron Smith, 16, is stabbed to death in Croydon shortly after midnight

July 5: Tamim Ian Habimana, 15, is stabbed to death in Woolwich at 5pm

July 5: 16-year-old Keane Flynn-Harling is stabbed to death in Oval Place, Lambeth, at about 11.45pm.