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LONDON - Seven people have been arrested after a 16-year-old boy was shot dead at a London ice rink crowded with hundreds of skaters, police said on Sunday.
Police said around 300 people were at the rink in Streatham, south London, when the shooting took place on Saturday. The victim was not skating when he was shot.
"We're still carrying out of searches of the rink," a Scotland Yard spokeswoman said.
Six male youths and one 18-year-old man were arrested in the investigation which is being led by Detective Chief Inspector Adnan Qureshi and officers of Scotland Yard's Operation Trident section.
Operation Trident targets gun crime and drug-related killings in the black community.
- REUTERS
