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A 17 YEAR-OLD BOY has been stabbed to death in Hackney, East London.

Jahmal Mason-Blair was found in the street by police around midnight.

He is the eighth boy to die violently this year. 28 teenage boys died violently in 2008.

This article will be updated when further information becomes available.

*Last updated 15:14hrs 23/05/09.

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