POLICE are appealing for information following a fatal stabbing.
An 18-year-old man was stabbed in a basketball court in Chiltern Road, Bow, at 6.40pm yesterday.
The victim staggered 400 yards to Devons Road, where he was discovered.
Police officers and London Ambulance Service attended, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A formal identification and post mortem are due to take place later today.
Officers from Tower Hamlets arrested a 15-year-old boy at his home address in the borough in connection with the murder and he remains in custody at an east London police station.
Anyone with information is urged to call the police on 0300 123 1212 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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