Two teenagers have been charged with murder after a man was stabbed to death in Burnt Oak.

Muhamoud Mohamed Mahdi, who lived in the Finchley Road area, was killed in Watling Avenue on Friday, February 18.

A post-mortem examination of the 28-year-old found the cause of death was stab wounds to the chest.

Christian Adom Kuta-Danku, 18, of Rayners Lane, HA2, was charged with murder.

A 16-year-old boy from Harrow was also charged with murder.

Both will appear at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 21 February.

A 19-year-old man was also arrested and bailed to a date in late March pending further enquiries.

Detective Chief Inspector Neil John, leading the investigation, said: “Muhamoud lived with his mother in Barnet. She will be supported by specialist Met officers throughout the unimaginably difficult days and months ahead.”

If you have information which you would like to share with police, please call 101 and quote 5579/18FEB.