TRIBUTES have been paid to an 18-year-old who was stabbed to death – among seven schoolgirls arrested.
Noah Smedley was attacked in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, on Saturday night and four 17-year-olds have been taken into custody on suspicion of murder.
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Noah Smedley died Saturday nightCredit: BPM
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Tributes have flooded in for the teenagerCredit: Facebook
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Officers man a police cordon in IlkestonCredit: BPM
Officers were called to Rose Avenue after paramedics found a teenager with a stab wound around 8:20 p.m.
Noah was pronounced dead on nearby Heanor Road just before 9pm.
A 52-year-old man and 15- and 16-year-old girls were also arrested on suspicion of helping the perpetrator.
Tributes were posted on social media.
One wrote: “Fly high gone way to soon he will be loved and missed by us all my heart goes out to your family RIP Noah smedley.”
“BREAK UP mate, I’m speechless,” said another.
A third wrote: “Rest in peace dear boy taken too soon.”
A fourth said, “I’ll miss you forever, Noah.”
While a fifth said: “RIP my mate, I have no words.”
Investigators are asking for any information that could help them in their investigation.
In particular, officers are looking for CCTV/doorbell footage and any CCTV footage between 7pm and 9pm in the areas of Heanor Road, Rose Avenue, Summerfields Way, Kedleston Drive and Peveril Drive.
Detective Chief Inspector Claudia Musson, who is leading the investigation, said: “We are in the very early stages of the investigation and are treating this as an isolated incident.
“We want anyone with information to contact us urgently to help investigate this young man’s death.”
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