| Location | West London |
| Age | 16 years |
| Date of Birth | 7/1990 |
| Date of Death | 3/2007 |
| Visitors | 40,286 since 16/03/2007 |
| Creator |
'Kodjo's family would like to thank everyone for their kind words and support, may God
bless all of you. Meanwhile we will try and move on with the help of the Lord Jesus Christ. Signed
Lubi Tackson Okandja'
Kodjo died from a single knife wound to the heart on Wednesday 14th March 2007.
Kodjo's girlfriend Cookie said they were walking along Hammersmith Grove, Hammersmith, when a
boy approached and picked a fight.
She told the London Evening Standard: "Kodjo is not afraid of anyone so he said, 'Come on,
let's do this.' They went round a corner to be somewhere a bit quieter but we were
ambushed.
"Suddenly all these boys came from round the corner. They all had weapons - knives, hammers and
baseball bats. It was set up."
Witnesses described seeing a gang of boys and several girls chanting "kill him, kill him"
and throwing sticks at Kodjo, before he was attacked.
They are believed to have been trying to take his Staffordshire bull terrier - a much prized gang
accessory - which he would not hand over.
Cookie said she had cradled the boy as he lay dying, saying to him: "Please, please don't
die because I need you."
Kodjo's friend Natalie Hunter told Sky News: "I heard he got stabbed up in his heart,
tortured and he begged for his life and people (his attackers) would not stop and no one was there
to help him.
"I just don't understand why kids are killing kids."
Kodjo, who was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, had been a student at St Charles Catholic
Sixth Form College in west London.
Headteacher Paul O'Shea described him as "friendly, gentle and peaceful" with an
"excellent record".
Anyone with information should call the incident room or 020 8534 4142 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555
111.
You didnt deserve to die Kodjo. May your blessed soul rest in perfect peace. We will all miss you
xxx
I've just bought a paper with the headline on the front being about this murder. I don't even know if i'm strong enough to read it. For them to kill a young boy is sickening. Lets hope that they can find who did this quickly and hand them the biggest punishment available.
Another young life
Another young life taken - for what - so some jumped up little boy can get some street cred!!! Where is it going to end? When are you youths that are reading these tributes gonna realise that you are creating an environment that will be a hundred times worse when you kids are walking the street - or does this take too much brain power to realise???
I cannot imagine what the parents are going through, it doesn't bear thinking about, but all of you that were there you have his blood on your hands. Right now you might still be smirking, but that won't last long. Eventually the guilt will creep up on you like a disease that you can't rid yourself of and it will eat away at you. You are what 14-16, that is gonna be a lot of years to have to carry that burden of shame around with you.
The youths today disgust me, they belong in the gutter with the rest of the nastiness that resides there!
Kodjo, I am so sorry that you had to endure this and all I can hope is that you have found yourself to that better place where these animals will never be permitted to enter. RIP young man xxx
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