Second boy, 15, charged with murder over fatal stabbing of teen in Sydney’s north-west

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A second 15-year-old boy is due to face court charged with the stabbing murder of a 17-year-old, who died at a reserve in Sydney’s north-west.

The teen was arrested at a home in Rouse Hill on Tuesday night with assistance from riot squad officers, hours after his 15-year-old co-accused faced court.

The second boy has also been charged with murder and is due to face Parramatta Children’s Court on Wednesday.

None of the boys can be named for legal reasons.

The girlfriend of the 17-year-old, who died after being stabbed in the leg at Bruce Purser Reserve at Rouse Hill on Monday afternoon, shared a tribute on social media on Tuesday.

“I love you so much, and you will forever be in my heart. You don’t deserve this and never did,” she wrote alongside a video of the pair.

“I love you … I always will. Fly high, my beautiful boy.”

Investigators returned to the scene on Tuesday.

The Herald has been in contact with the boy’s family.

A court heard on Tuesday the 15-year-old alleged attacker had “set upon the deceased, unprovoked, and has stabbed him in the groin area”.

Magistrate James Viney said police alleged the 15-year-old had been identified by witnesses at the crime scene.

NSW Police Force Superintendent Naomi Moore described the teenager’s death as “senseless”.

She said the victim and his friend were approached in the reserve on Caballo Street by a group of two to three young people before a knife was produced.

Moore said several female witnesses rendered aid to the 17-year-old during the “horrifically confronting” situation.