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Seventh arrest on fatal stabbing of Ben Morutare

A seventh teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 16-year-old.

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A seventh teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 16-year-old.

Ben Morutare, from Walsall, was knifed in the leg outside the Smethwick Home Guard and Old Comrades' Club in Oldbury Road, Smethwick

Police said an 18-year-old man handed himself over to officers at Bloxwich Police Station yesterday afternoon after travelling up from London.

He has now been bailed. Meanwhile a 19-year-old from Dudley, two 18-year-old men from Birmingham, an 18-year-old man from West Bromwich and a 17-year-old male from Birmingham, who were arrested on Thursday, have also been bailed.

Another 18-year-old man arrested in Dudley earlier in the week is also on bail.

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