Murder case opens after boy found stabbed in crash
Deonte Mowatt-Slater was found with a suspected stab wound after he crashed on Courtauld Road, on the corner of Beachcroft Way
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A murder investigation has been opened after a 16-year-old boy was found fatally injured in north London.
Deonte Mowatt-Slater died after his motorbike hit a lamppost following a suspected stabbing.
Met Police officers were called in the early hours of Tuesday to reports of a crash on Courtauld Road in Islington.
Medics at the scene said he was found to have a suspected knife injury, and despite attempts to save his life, he died.
There have been no arrests and inquiries are ongoing.
A number of crime scene cordons are in place in the area, including in Courtauld Road where is it believed an altercation took place before the crash, and in Sussex Road.
A Met spokesperson said officers were "working hard to establish the sequence of events that led to this tragic loss of a young life".
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