Teenager stabbed to death in Woolwich said as he bled: 'I'm 15, don't let me die,' witness says | UK news

A stabbed teenager said as he lay bleeding: “I'm 15, don't let me die,” a witness testified.

Police were called to a disturbance on Eglinton Road in Woolwich at around 6.30pm on Sunday.

The boy was found at the crime scene with a stab wound and died a short time later.

A woman who lives in the area described trying to rescue the victim as he lay on the street in front of her apartment.

The 43-year-old, who wishes to remain anonymous, said she ran out of the house in her nightgown and barefoot after hearing someone scream that “someone had been stabbed.”

Speaking at the police cordon at the crime scene, she said she saw “someone lying face down on the ground.”

The boy had a laceration on his head and a “huge pool of blood” on his leg, the witness said.

She said she stopped the bleeding until paramedics arrived.

The witness added: “I asked if I could go take a shower because I was covered in his blood and they said 'yes', so I went in and took a shower.”

“I came back out and they (the police) called me over because I was the last one with him – he said to me: 'I'm 15, I'm 15, don't let me die' and I said to him: 'You're not going to die, mate'.”

She said the victim was “the most polite boy” when she met him in her neighborhood.

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There were no arrests and the crime scene was secured, the Metropolitan Police said.

The victim’s next of kin have been informed.