A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with stabbing a “lovely and warm” father to death.
The teenager was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of the murder of 46-year-old Polish national Dariusz Wolosz. Police said he remains in custody.
The victim’s daughter claimed on social media that her father had gone to the shops briefly to buy a packet of cigarettes.
Sharing pictures of her father, she added: “I want everybody to remember him as a lovely and warm person even if he was a stranger for you. Love you dad so much.”
Police said Mr Wolosz was then set upon by a group of men after an argument broke out in Yiewsley High Street, West Drayton at 12.10am on January 4.
He was pronounced dead 30 minutes later making him the capital’s first murder victim of 2022.
His daughter added: “The worst thing is that he did not want to die, he knew that he cannot leave me and my mother. I can’t bare that he could not wait for me.”
A post-mortem examination carried out on Thursday gave the cause of death as stab wounds to the groin and chest.
DCI Wayne Jolley, Specialist Crime, leading the investigation, said: “We believe Dariusz was attacked by a group of males in Tavistock Road following a verbal dispute. The group then fled in different directions.
“The area was busy at the time with passing traffic and people driving past could well have captured dash cam footage of the incident, and the moments leading up to it.
“Dariusz’s family are distraught and we are doing everything we can to support them at this time.
“I urge local people to check any doorbell and dash cameras to check them; you may have captured something that could be very significant for us.”
Anyone who has information is asked to call 101 or tweet @MetCC, giving the reference 0063/04JAN.
Information can also be provided to the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
