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Camden stabbing: Third arrest after teenage boy killed

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Alex Smith was stabbed to death in Camden on Monday night

A third man has been arrested after a teenage boy was stabbed to death in north London.

Alex Smith, 16, from Wembley, was attacked in Munster Square, Camden, on Monday night.

Police said a 20-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after officers carried out a warrant at an address in Islington.

Two other men, aged 23 and 18, who were held on Wednesday have been bailed until a date in mid-September.

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Three men have been arrested over the killing

Det Insp Jamie Stevenson said the Metropolitan Police were "keeping an open mind concerning the motive of this brutal attack".

The 20-year-old man is in custody at a police station in north London.