Three men are dead after fight escalated into a bloodbath stabbing in east London.
Police said they were called at about 19:40 GMT on Sunday to reports of a disturbance in Elmstead Road in Seven Kings, Ilford. Three men, aged in their 20s or 30s, who were involved in a fight, were found by emergency services with stab injuries, the Metropolitan Police said.
All three were pronounced dead at the scene. Two men, aged 29 and 39, have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Ch Supt Steve Clayman said a fight had broken out between two groups who were armed with knives, leaving three men fatally stabbed:
“We can now say that two arrests have since been made, so there has been progress. The parties are believed to be known to each other and the group are within the Sikh community.”
Formal identification of the victims is yet to take place. The stabbings bring the number of homicide investigations launched by the Met in 2020 to six meaning it is on course for an other record year of homicides.
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