Wave of violence amongst youth in London has claimed the life of a "Harry Potter" actor
Sat May 24, 5:08 PM ET
A British teenage actor playing a minor role in the upcoming "Harry Potter" film was stabbed to death during a brawl in London on Saturday, police said.
Rob Knox, 18, was stabbed after he got caught up in a fight outside a bar in southwest London early Saturday, London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
Knox plays Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby in the upcoming film "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince," the sixth installment of the popular series set for release in November.
Warner Bros., the studio that is producing the film, said it was shocked by the news.
Knox was one of five young men taken to various hospitals after the brawl, police said. Among them was a 21-year-old who has since been arrested on suspicion of murder.
The fight did not appear to be gang-related, police added, but it puts the number of violent teenage deaths in London at 14 so far this year.
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Undated image released Saturday May 24, 2008, by Britain's Metropolitan Police, showing murdered actor who stared in a Harry Potter movie, teenager Robert Knox, right, with his mother Sally and 17-year old brother Jamie. Ron Knox was stabbed to death in a fight outside a bar in Sidcup, England on Saturday May, 24, 2008. Four other men were hurt in the fight, and one man is arrested on suspicion of the murder. Knox played Marcus Belby in the movie 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince'.
(AP Photo / Metropolitan Police)
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