Yahoo News Romanian security guard knifed to death at Park Lane NYE party came to London 'for better life'
A security guard who was stabbed to death while trying to stop gatecrashers storming into a party had come to London ‘for a better life’, his girlfriend said.
The 33-year-old, named in reports as Tudor Simionov, was working outside the private event in Park Lane in the capital’s West End when he was attacked at around 5.30am on January 1.
His girlfriend Madalina Anghel told the Evening Standard: ‘Right now I can’t think about him in the past. He was my future husband and we came to London from Romania for a better life.
‘I can’t explain in words how much pain I am in.’
Two of his colleagues, aged 29 and 37, were also stabbed during the fight, as was a 29-year-old woman. Their injuries were not life-threatening.
The incident was one of two New Year’s Day knife attacks to hit the capital, which also saw a woman killed in Camberwell.
The woman, named in reports as 33-year-old Charlotte Huggins, was found with stab wounds at a residential address in Camberwell, south London. She died at 4.50am.
Detectives are also investigating a shooting at a nightclub in Hackney, east London, in which a woman was shot in the leg.
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Mr Simionov’s killing took place some 200 yards from Grosvenor House Suites.
The hotel said in a statement: ‘Police reported that they were called to an incident on Park Lane on Tuesday 1 January.
‘The incident did not happen at Grosvenor House Suites and the hotel, its guests and staff were unaffected. The hotel is fully operational.’
The Met’s Detective Chief Inspector Andy Partridge said: ‘The incident took place outside a venue that was hosting a private party.
‘I would like to hear from anyone who was present at that event and witnessed this incident.
‘A number of witnesses have already been spoken to, but it is clear many others who were present are yet to be traced, some of whom may have captured the attack on their mobile phones.
‘It appears the deceased and the two injured males were working as security staff for the party. They were attacked by a group of males who were outside trying to enter the venue.
‘The female was also attacked as she assisted the security staff in closing the front door of the premises.
‘This shocking incident happened just hours into a New Year, the area was particularly busy with people out celebrating and making their way home from various parties and organised events.’
A 34-year-old man was initially arrested at the scene of the killing in Camberwell on suspicion of attempted murder and has been bailed until mid-January.
Scotland Yard said officers were also called to shooting at a nightclub in Kingsland Road, Hackney, at around 5am.
Paramedics treated the victim, who is believed to be aged in her mid-20s, for a leg wound. She was then taken to hospital and her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
No arrests have been made.
