Police launch murder probe after man, 23, stabbed to death and another critically injured in London

Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was killed and another left seriously injured in a stabbing in London.

Officers were called to the scene on Manford Way in Hainault, north-east London at about 10.20pm on Friday night.

One man, believed to be 23, was pronounced dead at the scene, while a second, thought to be 22, was taken to hospital in a critical condition.

The Metropolitan Police said a murder investigation had been launched and that no arrests had been made.

On the same night, a man thought to be in his 20s suffered gunshot injuries in a separate incident in Hackney.

The man, who police believe was shot at by two people on a moped, was taken to an east London hospital following the incident on Amhurst Road, near the junction with Downs Passage, at about 9.30pm. His condition is not believed to be life-threatening.

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The incidents come amid heightened concern about rising levels of violent crime in the capital.

The total the number of homicides in London so far this year reached 100 last month.