Three people including a 16-year-old schoolboy were stabbed to death in London within a few hours on Friday.
The teenager was reportedly ambushed and murdered by a group of killers ‘waiting for him’ outside Kelscott school in Walthamstow, east London on Friday.
An 18-year-old was also killed close to Dagenham Heathway tube station on Friday evening.
And a man in his late 20s was stabbed to death at a property on Mare Street, Hackney late on Friday.
Two men in their 40s and 50s plus one woman in her 50s were arrested on suspicion of murder after the Mare Street killing.
Metropolitan Police inspector James Shirley said: “Our investigation is progressing at pace and I would thank everyone who has already spoken to officers.
“I would ask anyone who has not yet come forward to do so as a matter of urgency.
“I would also ask local residents to check dashcams and doorbell footage for anything out of the ordinary and share that with us as soon as possible.”
By Adam Solomons