Innocent Teenager Set for Law Degree Is Shot Dead 'By Mistake'

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Byline: JUSTIN DAVENPORT Crime Correspondent

AN innocent teenager who was planning to be a lawyer was shot dead outside a crowded pub at the weekend in what police believe was a case of mistaken identity.

Abdulkarim Boudiaf, 18, was killed by a single gunshot to the neck in Tottenham on Saturday night. The teenager, whose family came to Britain from Algeria, was with a group of youths outside the Elmhurst pub in Broadwater Road.

He is the fifth teenager to be killed in London this year. Last year 28 teenagers died from knife and gun crime in the capital. Earlier in the weekend another teenager was stabbed to death in Walthamstow.

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