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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Pennink

Youths locked up for sword stick murder of boy aged 14

PA Media

Two youths have been locked up for life for killing a 14-year-old boy with a sword concealed inside a walking stick.

Fares Maatou, 14, was unarmed when he was stabbed in broad daylight after a fight involving a larger group in Barking Road, Canning Town, east London, on the afternoon of Friday April 23 last year.

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