LONDON: Two more teenagers were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the murder of Paul Erhahon, the 14-year-old stabbed to death near his home in east London, police said.

The pair, aged 15 and 18, are being questioned at an east London police station. Erhahon was stabbed to death near a block of flats in Leytonstone on April 6, the latest teenage victim in a series of shootings and stabbings in London.

His 15-year-old friend was seriously hurt in the attack. Erhahon's murder came less than a month after the fatal stabbings of Adam Regis, 15, in east London and Kodjo Yenga in the west of the capital.

In February, three teenagers were shot dead in separate incidents in south London. Prime Minister Tony Blair said the murders were “tragic beyond belief”. Four teenagers, aged between 13 and 17, have already been charged with Erhahon’s murder.—Reuters