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| Kentish Town stabbing leaves man dead | Kentish Town stabbing leaves man dead |
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| A man has been stabbed to death in a knife attack in north London. | A man has been stabbed to death in a knife attack in north London. |
| The victim, thought to be in his 20s, was stabbed near the junction of Grafton Road and Vicars Road in Gospel Oak at about 20:30 BST on Monday. | |
| Ambulance staff tried to revive him but he was pronounced dead at the scene. | Ambulance staff tried to revive him but he was pronounced dead at the scene. |
| Murder detectives said he had not been formally identified, but his family had been informed. Police appealed for witnesses and said no arrests had yet been made. | Murder detectives said he had not been formally identified, but his family had been informed. Police appealed for witnesses and said no arrests had yet been made. |
| A post-mortem examination has not yet taken place. | |
| A neighbour said he put the victim into the recovery position, adding that he saw five boys fleeing the scene. | |
| The man, who did not want to be named, said the victim's mother was at the scene following the attack. | |
| Twenty three people have been fatally stabbed in London this year. | |
| The killing came on the same day as Prime Minister Theresa May hosted a summit on knife crime. | The killing came on the same day as Prime Minister Theresa May hosted a summit on knife crime. |
| She said the issue was "deep-seated" and would require a cross-society effort to tackle it, but police officers, teachers and nurses were critical of plans for them to be accountable for failing to "spot warning signs" of violent crime. | She said the issue was "deep-seated" and would require a cross-society effort to tackle it, but police officers, teachers and nurses were critical of plans for them to be accountable for failing to "spot warning signs" of violent crime. |
| "We cannot simply arrest ourselves out of this problem," Mrs May said. | "We cannot simply arrest ourselves out of this problem," Mrs May said. |