A man has died after being stabbed in broad daylight in east London, the latest in a surge of fatal knife attacks in the capital.
Paramedics tried to resuscitate the man, in his 40s, for about an hour after they found him in Eagling Close, in Bow, at 4.31pm on Saturday.
Officers had been called to the street amid reports of an “altercation”, where they found the man suffering from suspected stab injuries, a Met Police spokeswoman said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene at 5.37pm.
A LAS spokeswoman said: “We were called at 4:31pm to reports of an injured person on Eagling Close.
“We sent a single responder in a car, an ambulance crew and an incident response officer to the scene. London’s Air Ambulance was also dispatched.
“Sadly despite extensive resuscitation efforts, a man died at the scene.”
Two men were arrested nearby in connection with the incident.
A spokesman for the Met added: "Officers, the London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance Service attended and found a man, believed to be aged in his 40s, suffering from suspected stab injuries.
"He was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:37pm."
Officers are currently working to inform the victim's next of kin.
It come just a day after the Standard launched an investigation into the capital's knife crime epidemic, with 11 Londoners killed in just 16 days.
Anyone with information or any witnesses should contact police on 101 or Tweet @MetCC or anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.
