Two killed and another injured in separate stabbing incidents in London
Two people have been killed and another has been injured in a separate stabbing incidents in London.
The Metropolitan Police said a 26-year-old man died and another man aged 24 is in hospital after they were stabbed in Hackney Wick, east London.
Police were called to an east London hospital at around 4.30am on Saturday after they had turned up with knife wounds.
No arrests have been made.
In a separate incident, a man in his 50s was stabbed to death in Lambeth, southwest London.
Emergency crews were called to reports of a critically injured man at a flat in Hicken Road at 1.30am on Saturday.
The man was taken to hospital where he died a short time later.
A man, also in his 50s, has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
He has been taken to a south London police station and remains in custody.
There is no suggestion the attacks in east and southwest London are linked.
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The deaths come after it was revealed the number of fatal stabbings in England and Wales is at its highest level since records began more than 76 years ago.
The Office for National Statistics said the recent increase was driven by an 18% rise in the number of male victims, from 184 to 218, in the 12 months to March 2022.
