Wood Green murder appeal

06 October 2012

Incident Date

Thursday 4 October

Incident Location

Wood Green

Description

Detectives continue to appeal for witnesses and information after a murder in Wood Green.

Officers were called at approx 23:15hrs on Thursday 4 October to reports of a disturbance involving a number of young people in a Burger King restaurant in Wood Green Shopping Centre, also known as The Mall, Wood Green N22.

A 23-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. Next of kin have been informed and the deceased has been formally identified as Pelivan Zekaj, an Albanian national, of Monksfield, N4.

A post-mortem examination held on Friday, 5 October, at Tottenham mortuary gave cause of death as a stab wound to the chest.

An incident room has opened at Hendon under DCI Andy Chalmers.

Anyone with information should call the incident room on 020 8358 0100; if you wish to remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

There has been no arrest at present.