Two boys have been arrested after an 18-year-old man was stabbed to death in an east London street.
Police officers found Israel Ogunsola wounded in Link Street, Hackney, after they were alerted by a motorist just before 20:00 BST on Wednesday.
He was given first aid, but died at the scene. He was initially thought to be aged in his 20s.
Less than two miles away a 53-year-old man earlier died at a bookmakers following reports of an assault.
It takes the number of people killed in the capital to more than 50 this year.
On Thursday, a man in his mid-20s was stabbed in Walthamstow, in Billet Road near Chingford Road, at about 12:50 BST
It is understood his injuries are not considered to be life-threatening.
The deaths in Hackney follow two fatal shootings on Monday and the fatal stabbing of a suspected burglar on Wednesday.
Sixteen-year-old Amaan Shakoor, from Leyton, was left critically ill and died on Tuesday after he was shot in the face in Walthamstow.
A 15-year-old boy was stabbed in the same incident but survived.
Amaan’s death followed that of a 17-year-old girl, named locally as Tanesha Melbourne, who was shot and killed in Tottenham.
Following the Hackney stabbing, two boys, both aged 17, were arrested on suspicion of murder late on Wednesday night.
The dead man’s next of kin have been informed.
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