Man arrested for murder of Jimmy Mizen

LONDON (Reuters) - A 19-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of murdering Jimmy Mizen, a teenager who died in an unprovoked attack at a London baker's shop.

Mizen died when an attacker slashed his throat in The Three Cooks in Lee, southeast London, on Saturday, a day after his 16th birthday.

Detectives said they had arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with the murder and he was being questioned at a police station in London.

Mizen bled to death in the arms of his older brother after his throat had been slashed by glass. Police said a male youth had smashed his way into the bakery with an advertising board after Mizen refused his challenge for a fight.

Mizen, who had gone out to buy his first lottery ticket at the time of the attack, was the 13th teenager to be killed in London this year.

(Reporting by Michael Holden)