Zaian Aimable-Lina: 15-year-old boy charged with murder of teenager in Croydon

Undated family handout photo issued by Metropolitan Police of Zaian Aimable-Lina who has been named as the 15-year-old who was stabbed to death on Thursday at Ashburton Park, Croydon, south London. Issue date: Saturday January 1, 2022.
Undated family handout photo issued by Metropolitan Police of Zaian Aimable-Lina who has been named as the 15-year-old who was stabbed to death on Thursday at Ashburton Park, Croydon, south London. Issue date: Saturday January 1, 2022.
Metropolitan Police
Samantha Haynes

By Samantha Haynes


Published: 03/01/2022

- 14:04

Zaian Aimable-Lina died at the scene of the attack in Ashburton Park, Croydon, south London, shortly after 7.30pm on Thursday.

A teenage boy has been charged with the murder of 15-year-old Zaian Aimable-Lina.

The 15-year-old suspect, who has not been named by police because of his age, is due to appear before magistrates in Bromley, south London, on Tuesday.

Zaian died at the scene of the attack in Ashburton Park, Croydon, south London, shortly after 7.30pm on Thursday December 30.

A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as a stab wound to the heart.

Another boy, also 15, has been released under investigation having originally been arrested on suspicion of murder.

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