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image captionHomicide detectives are investigating the fatal stabbing on Wisbeach Road
Police have condemned a night of needless and abhorrent violence after a man died and nine others were hurt in a spate of stabbings in south London.
Officers were called to five stabbing incidents in the space of just over two and half hours on Friday evening.
A 22-year-old man was killed in a fight at a block of flats in Wisbeach Road, Croydon, police said.
None of the attacks is being linked, but police said extra officers would be deployed in south London.
Police said the dead man was stabbed in an altercation with a group of males and a murder investigation was under way.
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A sixth stabbing incident within 24 hours has taken place in south London, with four of the attacks happening within 1.5 miles of West Croydon train station.
Police said they were informed by the London ambulance service of a stabbing on London Road near the junction with Oakfield Road, Croydon – very close to the station – shortly after 3pm on Saturday.
“Officers attended and a crime scene is in place,” the local Metropolitan police service said. “A 24-year-old man has been taken to a south London hospital. We await an update on his condition.”
It did not comment on whether the assailant had been apprehended.