Photo: 15yr old Nigerian boy shoot and stabbed in his home after being mistaken for gang member

A 15 year-old boy named Kieran Obazee was shot and
stabbed on Friday Nov. 22 at his east London home by gang
members in what police believe may have been a case of
mistaken identity, Daily Mail reports. Fortunately, Kieran
survived the vicious attack and but is in a serious condition in
hospital.
Five men wearing balaclavas and armed with kives and a
gun forced their way into the home in Plaistow just before
3am on Friday.
A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of
attempted murder. Detectives believe the attackers were
looking for a member of a gang and attacked him by
mistake.
This morning a Scotland Yard spokesperson said: 'The
person who may have been involved in a gang was staying
at the address and they may have been the target, but the
boy who was attacked had no criminal background.'
Shocked residents of the estate in Plaistow told how they
rushed to the injured boy's aid after his terrified mum ran door
to door screaming for help. One neighbour told how they
administered first aid.
The neighbour, who did not want to be identified, said: 'It was
quiet on Thursday night, all I heard was the banging as they
booted the door in and then another bang, but it didn't sound
like a gun shot to me at the time.'
The neighbour said they could see a woman banging on other
neighbours' doors and screaing 'please help my son' when they
looked into the street.
Detectives believe the attackers were looking for a member of
a gang and attacked the teenager by mistake
The neighbour said: 'There was no sound of screeching tyres
so they must have run or cycled off after attacking him.
'I ran down and we went into their house, he was lying on the
landing floor and there was a lot of blood on the carpet and on
the wall.
'His mum and sister had wrapped his leg up to stop the
bleeding, the people trying to help him were panicking so I
took over.
'I kept him talking, he was going into shock and was really
confused. He was bleeding a lot from his lower right calf and
his sister was begging the paramedics to come quicker over
the phone.
Paramedics arrived at the scene before taking the teenager, the
son of a biochemist, to hospital.
The neighbour said: 'It felt like ages before the paramedics
arrived, I was so scared that there was a 15-year-old boy who
was bleeding out.
'Thank God he's ok, he seemed like a regular lad from a
regular family, it's so shocking.
'They were just a normal, nice family, who kept themselves to
themselves. I don't know why they would attack him, there's
been no-one like that hanging around their house.'
A police spokesman said: 'Police patrols have been increased
in the area in order to provide reassurance to the local
community.'
The Trident Gang Crime Command are investigating the
incident.

Via: Daily Mail