The 16-year-old boy was at a gathering with different younger individuals at a house on Australis Drive, Ropes Crossing, when he was stabbed round 3am this morning.
When emergency companies arrived, police tried to revive {the teenager} earlier than paramedics arrived however he died on the scene.
Detective Chief Inspector Paul Tickner mentioned police imagine three offenders fled the scene following the stabbing.
They haven’t recognized the offenders but.
Tickner alleged the battle could have occurred over a lady.
“Younger boys most likely with hormones operating via their system and someone thought they needed to defend the appropriate of their girlfriend on the scene and that has led to a younger boy being killed,” Tickner mentioned.
“They should not be carrying knives within the first place.”
Tickner added the stabbing isn’t believed to be gang-related.
Police positioned a kitchen knife in a drain close by and are investigating whether or not it was the weapon used within the stabbing.
Tickner mentioned {the teenager} had “his entire life forward of him” and condemned the violence.