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| Four young men die in New Year London stabbings | |
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| Four young men were killed in stabbing incidents in London amid New Year celebrations, the Met Police has said. | Four young men were killed in stabbing incidents in London amid New Year celebrations, the Met Police has said. |
| Three were stabbed on New Year's Eve and a fourth in the early hours of New Year's Day in unrelated incidents. | Three were stabbed on New Year's Eve and a fourth in the early hours of New Year's Day in unrelated incidents. |
| Another young man stabbed on New Year's Day is in a critical condition in hospital. | Another young man stabbed on New Year's Day is in a critical condition in hospital. |
| Five men have been arrested over one of the deaths, in Larmans Road, Enfield, in which an 18-year old died. No other arrests have been made. | |
| 'Tragic consequences' | |
| In other attacks, a 20-year-old man was fatally stabbed in Memorial Avenue, West Ham, and a 17-year-old boy was killed in Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, on New Year's Eve. | |
| Early on New Year's Day, a 20-year-old man was fatally wounded in Bartholomew Court, Old Street. A second man in his 20s suffered critical stab injuries in the same incident. | |
| Commander Neil Jerome said: "I am grateful to Londoners and visitors to the capital who co-operated with police to enable the vast majority of people to enjoy New Year's Eve. | |
| "However, there were small groups who chose to engage in disorder and violence, and whose actions have had utterly tragic consequences. | |
| "It is heartbreaking that, at a time when so many of us are contemplating what lies ahead in 2018, four families are dealing with the grief of losing a loved one to senseless violence and the callous use of knives as lethal weapons." |