Peckham Rye: Two arrested over Kalabe Legesse stabbing death

Kalabe Legesse was attacked in Peckham Rye Park

Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man who was stabbed in a park south-east London.

Kalabe Legesse, 29, was attacked in Peckham Rye Park and Common near a cafe off Straker's Road on the evening of 30 December. He was stabbed in the heart.

A 19-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were arrested on Thursday.

They both remain in custody at a south London police station, the Metropolitan Police said.

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A post-mortem examination found Mr Legesse's cause of death to be a haemorrhage and a stab wound to the heart.

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