Man stabbed to death in Surrey after ‘ten-person street brawl’
COPS launched a murder investigation this morning after a young man involved in a mass brawl became the latest victim of London's blood-soaked knife crime epidemic.
A murder investigation is under way after a 22-year-old man was fatally stabbed in London after what police believe was a brawl between up to 10 people.
Police were called at 2.16am to Cambridge Gardens in Kingston-Upon-Thames, in the south west of the city, to find the victim, with multiple knife wounds.
Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cranwell of the Met's Homicide and Major Crime Command, said: "It is believed that the victim may have been involved in an altercation involving up to 10 people prior to being assaulted."
Despite paramedics performing CPR at the scene, the man was pronounced dead at 3.02am, the Met Police have confirmed.
Chief Superintendent Sally Benatar added: "Another young man has tragically lost his life to the violence of knife crime.
"Our thoughts are with his family and friends."
No arrests have been made and investigators are appealing for any information about the killing.
Authorities are in the process of informing the family of the victim, who has not been formally identified.
The scene remains cordoned off and extra officers are in the area, officials said.
Cops in the Homicide and Major Crime Command are leading murder probe while working closely with police in Kingston.
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Fresh Met figures show that knife crime has surged by 16 per cent as Britain's crime epidemic continues.
Excluding those killed in terror attacks including London Bridge, Westminster and Manchester, there was still a 12 per cent rise in murders - the highest numbers in a decade.
The total number of offences involving a knife or bladed instrument that have been recorded by cops in the year to March 2018 rose to 40,147, a seven-year-high.
At least 52 people have been fatally stabbed in London since the beginning of the year.
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