Hoxton stabbing: Neighbours tell of 'desperate screams' as murder victim, 17, lay dying

Police were scrambled to Hackney Road, close to Hoxton station, at just before 11pm on Saturday.The victim, 17, was treated by paramedics at the scene but died with multiple wounds, police said.A crime scene tent marks the spot where the boy died on Hackney Road.Neighbours described hearing screaming and a frantic battle to save the teenager as dozens of police officers swooped.A student, 22, whose flat overlooks the scene, said: “I heard desperate screaming and some male voices shouting. It was horrible. I can’t get the noises out of my head, it was obvious someone had been badly hurt. I only moved in last month it’s really affected me.”