Overview
- A murder investigation is under way in Catford after a man in his 20s was found with stab wounds on Rushey Green at about 3am and died in hospital, with no arrests reported and a crime scene in place.
- Police later responded to a separate stabbing in Catford’s Mountsfield Park around 8am, where a man was taken to a major trauma centre as enquiries continue into any potential link between the two incidents.
- In Islington, a 17-year-old is in a life-threatening condition after a fight on Essex Road just after midnight left two teenagers stabbed, with a second 17-year-old self-presenting at hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
- In Watford, three boys aged 15 to 16 were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a 34-year-old man was critically injured, as officers seized two knives and suspected cocaine and said the attack was a targeted incident involving known parties.
- Elsewhere, Cleveland Police arrested two men on suspicion of attempted murder after a 27-year-old was left in a life-threatening condition in Stockton, and Cheshire Police charged Gavin Shaw, 61, with attempted murder after a 55-year-old woman was critically injured in Warrington.