Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of Hussain Chaudhry in Walthamstow have charged a man with murder. An 18-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder in Bedfordshire on Sunday, 21 March. Earlier A man was arrested at the same location on suspicion of assisting an offender. Both remain in custody.
Officers from the Met's Specialist Crime Command began an investigation after being called to reports of a stabbing on Lea Bridge Road. Police attended along with the London Ambulance Service and found an 18-year-old man with stab injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene. He has since been formally identified as Hussain Chaudhry. A post-mortem examination held on Thursday, 18 March gave his cause of death as hypovolemic shock and a stab wound to the neck.
Two other people – a man in his 20s and a woman in her 40s - were found with slash injuries to their hands. They were taken to an east London hospital for treatment. They are both related to the deceased and have both now been discharged from hospital.
Marvin Ward Westwood Road, Ilford, was charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, robbery and possession of an offensive weapon.
More than £17,000 has been raised on a GoFundMe page to build a mosque in Hussain Chaudhry's memory.
