Police are investigating the incidents
London has seen a terrifying 24 hours with multiple stabbings as well as a fight, crashes and a fire wreaking havoc on the city. In South East London there were two stabbings, minutes apart, within hours of each other, one of which prompted a murder investigation.
Meanwhile a brawl in North London left two 17-year-olds in hospital with stab wounds, one of whom was fighting for his life. A separate fight in a different part of North London left two men in hospital with head injuries.
Despite this, the London Violence Reduction Unit reports that under-25 killings are down more than 50 per cent last year. There were 9,000 fewer violence with injury crimes, with knife crime plummeting by seven per cent and 1,154 fewer offences in the last 12 months.
The mayor of London has recently said: “The latest figures show robbery, theft, residential burglary and knife crime are down in London, but there’s still a long way to go before I’m satisfied. Backed with record funding from City Hall, the Met is putting high-visibility policing at the heart of fighting crime.”
Fatal stabbing in Catford
A man died after being stabbed in Catford. Emergency services raced to Rushey Green shortly after 3am on Wednesday (October 15) to reports of the knife attack.
An advanced paramedic and a trauma team dispatched in a car from London’s Air Ambulance arrived to tend to the victim who was rushed to hospital as a priority but he died of his injuries. MyLondon has contacted the Metropolitan Police for any updates.
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Second stabbing in Catford
Police were called to to Mountsfield Park – around five minutes on foot from the scene of the fatal stabbing – at about 8am on Wednesday to reports of another knifing.
The victim was taken to hospital and MyLondon awaits a condition update after a local reported ‘hearing a scream’.
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Double stabbing in Islington
Two teenagers are in hospital after being stabbed during a fight on Essex Road, Islington, early Wednesday morning (October 15). A crime scene was put in place which left the road partially shut in both directions.
Police and paramedics rushed to Essex Road at around midnight this morning to reports of a fight between a number of men. One victim was taken to hospital with a leg injury, while a second one took himself there.
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Fight in Wembley
Two men are in hospital after a brawl in North West London. Emergency services rushed to Preston Road, Wembley, at around 1.56am yesterday (Wednesday, October 15) to reports of a fight.
There they found two men in their 40s who were taken to hospital with head injuries.
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Fire at busy station
A major train station was closed this morning (October 16) as firefighters tackled a nearby blaze. Around 60 firefighters have rushed to a burning commercial unit beneath a railway arch near Rhodeswell Road, Mile End. It comes after an extension building of two floors, attached to a railway arch, was alight.
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