Detectives investigating the murder of a teenage boy in Notting Hill have made two further arrests in connection with the investigation.
Two 16-year-old males [B] and [C] were arrested on Monday, 4 July on suspicion of murder. They remain in custody at separate central London police stations. A 15-year-old boy [A] was arrested earlier on Monday, 4 July, on suspicion of murder currently remains in custody at a central London police station.
Detectives continue to appeal for information and witnesses following the murder.
Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at approximately 20:45hrs on Sunday, 3 July, to Portobello Road, W11, following reports of a teenage boy who had been stabbed. Officers attended the scene and immediately administered first aid and CPR. London’s Air Ambulance were called and arrived a short time later but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Although formal identification has yet to take place detectives are satisfied that the deceased is 17-year-old Folajimi Orebiyi from Kensington and Chelsea.
His next of kin have been informed. A post-mortem examination is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 5 July, at Westminster Mortuary. Detectives from the Met’s Homicide and Major Crime Command are investigating led by Detective Chief Inspector Laurence Smith.
