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An A-level student described as a “person people wanted to be around” has been stabbed to death in Notting Hill.

Fola Orebiyi was fleeing from from a gang on bikes when he was killed.

Witnesses said the teenager was attacked close to the Portobello Arts Club, near Westbourne Grove, and collapsed on Portobello Road.

Police were called to the scene at 8.45pm on Sunday. Despite care from the emergency services, Mr Orebiyi was pronounced dead at the scene.

Mr Orebiyi had finished his GCSEs at Holland Park School and was reportedly studying for his A-levels at Chelsea Academy. Eye-witnesses said the 17-year-old was stabbed in the neck.

Mark Gettleson saw the aftermath of the attack: “I got home from the gym and heard a bit of commotion, then I heard someone scream ‘Did anybody see anything?’" he told the Evening Standard.

“I rushed to the window and police were already there talking to the poor boy who was in a bloody heap on the floor.

“There were two large pools of blood where he had staggered down the road before collapsing. People saw him fall down and try to get to his feet again.

“Police and paramedics tried to resuscitate him for a long time, they did everything they could.

“This will shake people around here to the core. It’s absolutely tragic another young man has died. I’m in shock and we need to get the individuals who did this off our streets.

“We need to understand, in a meaningful way, why our children are turning to such horrific violent acts.”

A cousin of Mr Orebiyi did not want to be named but said he was a “caring and lovely” person and that the family was struggling to come to terms with his death.

“There has been an outpouring of love for him because he was genuinely like that, he was a person people wanted to know and be around,” she said.

Murder detectives are investigating but no arrests have yet been made, police said




...devastating for all of his family and friends...