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Police investigating multiple violent incidents in London
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Police said nine other people were injured along with a fatal stabbing.
British police said they were investigating at least five separate serious violent incidents in south London late on Friday, including a fatal stabbing, but at this stage there was no suggestion they were all linked.
Police said nine other people were injured and that officers on patrol had been granted additional stop and search powers in the Croydon area until Saturday morning.
Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent Nicky Arrowsmith said in a statement that there had been a number of needless and completely abhorrent violent altercations, including one that has tragically resulted in a loss of life.