Yahoo News Seven Kings stabbing: Man knifed in neck and another smashed in head with hammer as three killed in horrific London street brawl
A triple murder investigation is under way today after a mass street brawl left three men dead in a horrific bloodbath.
The victims, believed to be aged 22, 26 and 34, were found slumped at the bottom of a pedestrian walkway in Elmstead Road near Seven Kings station, Ilford, just before 7.40pm yesterday.
One man was stabbed in the neck, shoulder and the chest, while another had been smashed in the head with a hammer, witnesses said.
A victim was heard shouting, “They killed me, help me” after two groups of men clashed in the street.
One of the victims was named by his brother as 26-year-old Narinder Singh, a construction worker who lived in nearby Gants Hill.
Jasbal Singh described rushing to the scene in Salisbury Road after receiving a call to find his brother and the two other men collapsed on the ground.
He said: “I got a call saying my brother had been stabbed. I went there and just saw him laying there. There was blood everywhere. I shouted ‘Wake up, wake up’ but it was no good. I had lost him. He was a great brother and a popular guy with no enemies. I am devastated.”
Mr Singh said another of the victims was one of his best friends, Harinder Kumar. He said: “I have lost not only my brother but a best friend I lived with. I don’t know how this could have happened. We were so close, my heart is broken.”
Detectives said they were keeping an open mind about the motive for the killings.
Two men, aged 29 and 39, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody.
Det Chief Supt Stephen Clayman, Commander of the Met’s East Area, said the victims were from the Sikh community and his team were still trying to inform family members. He added: “I’ve tried to solve a double homicide before but a triple is unusual. We believe the two groups were known to each other.
“There is always a reason and we need to find out what that is.
“It was a horrific scene to come across for everybody. My deepest sympathies with the families for what they are going to be hearing in the next coming hours.”
Sabih Qureshi, 35, attempted to give first aid to one of the victims, who was barely breathing.
He said: “My cousin spotted them first. One man was dead just by a car by the footpath. There were two other men badly injured shivering on the ground. All the blood was in the street. One man had been stabbed in the neck, shoulder and the chest, and another had been smashed in the head with a hammer.”
Mr Qureshi added he witnessed a large street fight between two groups at the same spot on Saturday night. Extra stop and search powers were granted across Redbridge following the incident and a huge police cordon was thrown up around the surrounding streets in the early hours.
Last night’s killings took place less than 300 yards from where Akeem Dylon Barnes, 24, was fatally stabbed in November.
Jas Athwal, leader of Redbridge council, said: “An incident like this is unheard of within the Sikh community here in Redbridge. We’ve got to look at the causes of why this happened and address those.”
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