A TEENAGER has died after being stabbed at a house in Ockley Road.
Police and ambulances were called to reports of a stabbing shortly before 2pm.
The 17-year-old boy, named locally as Fico, was taken to hospital in a critical condition.
Police confirmed he had died at around 4.30pm.
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and remains in custody at a south London police station.
Officers from Croydon are investigating.
The house in question is understood to belong to Sharon Miller.
Dionne Smith, a friend, told the Advertiser: "[Sharon] was in Portsmouth today, she's asked me to find out what's going on.
"How is this boy's mum going to hear this?
"He was a lovely boy, liked girls and always on his BlackBerry. Just a boy.
"It's absolutely mental. They're not gang related they're not those kind of children."Friends pay tribute to victim on social media.
