RELIGIOUS NEWS AGENCY 9REDNA) – A 15 year old boy who recently converted to Islam was one of two victims who were stabbed to death in Hackney, north London, at the end of June.
5 Pillars reported Leonardo Reid took his shahada at Finsbury Park Mosque but was killed on June 29 in a double murder.
An investigation was launched after police were called at 11.33pm to reports of a stabbing. Officers responded with paramedics from the London Ambulance Service.
Leonardo Reid from Islington was found with stab wounds. Despite the efforts of medical staff he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene, just after midnight.
It was established that another victim, a 23-year-old man, Klevi Shekaj, had also suffered stab injuries. He had been taken to a west London hospital where he too was pronounced dead.
Special post-mortem examinations for both victims have given a provisional cause of death as a stab wound to the chest.
A third victim, believed aged 28, was also located at an address in N19. He had suffered a stab wound. He was taken to a north London hospital where he remains. His condition is not thought to be life threatening.