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Harry Pitman: Boy, 15, arrested on suspicion of murder after teen stabbed on Primrose Hill on New Year's Eve

Source: PA Media

A second teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Harry Pitman, who was knifed to death while waiting to watch fireworks in London on New Year's Eve.

Harry, 16, was attacked in a “senseless act of violence” as hundreds of people gathered near the Primrose Hill viewing platform in Camden on Sunday.

Despite the efforts of the emergency services, he died at the scene in north London shortly before midnight.

A 16-year-old boy was arrested on.

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