PRESS ASSOCIATION -- A 14-year-old sports enthusiast died in a pool of blood near a crowded playground after being stabbed in daylight by another youngster.
Leroy James, the youngest of 10 teenagers murdered in the capital this year, was left slumped against a park wall as young children played nearby.
Horrified witnesses described the youngster as "sweet", and said Leroy's father had been "in bits" as paramedics tried to revive the youngster at the scene on Wednesday night in Enfield, north London.
With two further teenage stabbings on Oxford Street - Britain's busiest shopping area - on Wednesday, Scotland Yard moved to dismiss fears that London was in the grip of a wave of gang violence.
Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode, the investigating officer, said: "There's certainly no evidence or any intelligence at this time that this is a gang-related murder."
Roxy Bagun, 19, who lives on the other side of the park, said she saw Leroy's father at the park following the stabbing.
She said: "His dad was in bits, crying and crying and crying. I just didn't know what to say to him."
Miss Bagun said Leroy was a "good lad" who used to play football and basketball with his friends in the park.
"He always used to come and play football," she said. "My friend saw it all. He told me how he saw Leroy lying there in a pool of blood."
She said the killers have "got no fear any more", adding: "They had the guts to do it right in front of a police station."