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| Victims in day of stabbings named | |
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| Three of the four men stabbed in London in separate knife attacks in a single day have been named. | Three of the four men stabbed in London in separate knife attacks in a single day have been named. |
| Melvin Bryan, 18, from Peckham, south London, was fatally stabbed in the neck and chest during a fight in a bedsit in Edmonton, north London, on Thursday. | Melvin Bryan, 18, from Peckham, south London, was fatally stabbed in the neck and chest during a fight in a bedsit in Edmonton, north London, on Thursday. |
| Three hours later Adnan Patel, 20, from Stratford, died of stab wounds after a gang chased him in Leyton, east London. | |
| Earlier Gennar Jaronis, 42, was found fatally wounded in a squat on Tottenham High Road, north London. | |
| A fourth man, in his 20s, was attacked in a stairwell in St David's Court, Walthamstow, east London, on Thursday night. | A fourth man, in his 20s, was attacked in a stairwell in St David's Court, Walthamstow, east London, on Thursday night. |
| He managed to reach a friend's flat before collapsing from stab wounds to his head and chest. | He managed to reach a friend's flat before collapsing from stab wounds to his head and chest. |
| No-one has been charged in connection with the killings. | No-one has been charged in connection with the killings. |
| Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would announce measures to tackle knife crime next week following the "shocking and tragic" spate of stabbings. | Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would announce measures to tackle knife crime next week following the "shocking and tragic" spate of stabbings. |