Tributes are being paid to two 17 – year-old boys stabbed to death at a house party in Milton Keynes.
The victims have been named as Dom Ansah and Ben Gillham -Rice.
Two cousins of the boys laid flowers outside the house where they were killed and said: “Many, many people’s hearts are broken.”
One of the cousins, who did not want to be named, said: “He’s come here with his long-time best friend since childhood, comes to a party and both of their lives just got ripped away from them.
“He was just so respectful to, like, his family and friends.”
Another tribute on Facebook read: “Heart broken !! too loose theses boys I’ve grown up with my family, my little cousin! Words don’t describe. Gone far far to soon (sic)!”
One of the boys died at the scene and the other was taken to hospital but died in the early hours of Sunday.
Adouble murder investigationis under way but no arrests have been made.
On Sunday, two forensic officers were seen inspecting an object on the driveway of a house in Archford Croft and there appeared to be blood smeared on the front door.
A neighbor said she heard a “commotion” and screaming shortly before midnight on the night of the stabbings.
“The police were here pretty quick,” she said. )
Another neighbor told BBC News she believed the gathering was a party for a teenage girl living in the house.
Others said they had seen a birthday banner hanging on the door.
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Detective Chief Superintendent Ian Hunter said about 15 to 20 people were at the party and that “the people directly involved in this incident are all likely to have known each other”.
Another neighbor living in an adjacent street said she had known the boys.
“This gang of kids have been hanging around Archford Croft – it’s all gang-related,” she said.
“We do know that there was a house party at the time, not here but another part of Emerson. I think it’s just because there was a house party and then the trouble started from there. “
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