Police have charged two teenagers with second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Saed Keyliye in west-end Toronto earlier this year.
Toronto police said Keyliye was found with multiple stab wounds behind a highrise apartment building at The West Mall near Rathburn Road just after 7 p.m. on Feb. 3. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Toronto police Det.-Sgt. Steve Ryan said surveillance video appeared to show two males being chased by two others, before one of them was caught and stabbed.
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On Monday, police identified the deceased as Keyliye of Toronto and said an autopsy determined the cause of death was a stab wound.
On Wednesday, Toronto police, with the assistance of Peel Regional police, arrested two 17-year-old boys and charged them with second-degree murder.
They were scheduled to appear in a Toronto court on Thursday and cannot be identified under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
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Investigators said no other suspects were being sought at this time.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at http://www.222tips.com, or by texting TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637).
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