A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 17-year-old boy who was stabbed in the neck during a street fight in Croydon, south London.
Nilanthan Moorthy died of a single stab wound following the incident, which police think may have been racially motivated, at 1am on Saturday.
The man, aged 30, was arrested at an address in Sydenham, south London, in the early hours of this morning.
Scotland Yard believes a man who argued with Moorthy and a group of his friends may have returned shortly afterwards to carry out the attack.
An alleged racist comment was directed at the group in the early stages of the confrontation, police said.
Moorthy was the 23rd teenager to die violently in the capital this year.
Detective Chief Inspector Tim Grattan-Kane, who is leading the investigation, said: "We remain dedicated to finding and prosecuting the person responsible for Nilanthan's murder, irrespective of whether the incident is racially motivated or otherwise.
"However, should that prove to be the case, it only serves to further highlight the tragedy of this young man's murder."
Police are looking for a taxi driver who they believe may have had the suspect in his cab half an hour before the murder.
Moorthy's sister Santhiya, 18, said his parents had been "destroyed" by his death.
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