Scotland Yard A murder investigation has been launched after the man was killed in a stabbing Ealing, West London. Officers from the Corps were called to a man with stab wounds at a pub in Uxbridge Road just before midnight on Saturday.
The man, who police believe is in his 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene and his family has been informed. They will be supported by specialized officers, the Met said in a statement.
A Met Police spokesman said a post-mortem examination and formal identification will be arranged. He added that no arrests have been made at this early stage.
Anyone with information or witnesses yet to speak to police should call 101 or remain anonymous, contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
News of the stabbing was followed by reports of an explosion in the same part of the capital. The London Fire Brigade has been contacted for details. A Met Police spokesman said there was a fire at a business premises at about 6am today.
The fatal stabbing in Ealing comes after a 23-year-old man was stabbed Friday night in a pub in Hornchurch, east London.
Scotland Yard said in a statement that the victim was taken to a hospital in east London, where he was in a serious but stable condition. His next of kin have been informed.
The Met has released an image of a man they want to speak to in connection with the stabbing.
Detective Sergeant Joe Seals said: “We have conducted some urgent investigations to track down the person responsible and we are now in a position to release an image of a man we need to identify. recognizes, or any witnesses who have not yet spoken to the police, to contact us immediately.”
NOT MISSING:
Meghan ‘disappeared’ with photographer and ‘suitcase’ on a trip [REVEALED]
George received an adorable special birthday treat from the Queen [LATEST]
Meghan and Harry’s plot for ‘awake’ monarchy [REPORT]
Just days before that incident, a 51-year-old man was found with stab wounds outside a building in Haringey, north London.
The victim was taken to hospital where his condition was assessed as non-life-threatening, according to the Met, whose officers found the injured man on Maidstone Road just after midnight last Sunday.
Officers said the suspect is described as a thin black man between 20 and 30 and about six feet tall.
Detectives were also looking for the driver of a white coupe-like car that was on Maidstone Road at the time of the stabbing.
This week it emerged that police forces in England and Wales have recorded the highest number of crimes in 20 years, driven by a sharp increase in crimes, including fraud, rape and violent assaults.
In the year to March 2022, a total of 6.3 million crimes were recorded – four percent more than the previous all-time record of 6.1 million in 2019/20.
It is also 16 percent higher than in 2020/21, when crime rates were impacted by COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.
The figures, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), show that knife crime, theft and domestic violence have all increased in the 12 months to March.
Knife crime rose 10 percent to 49,027 offenses in the year to March, compared to 44,642 in the previous 12 months – although this is lower than the pre-pandemic year 2019/20, in which 55,078 offenses were recorded.
Several forms of police-recorded crime are now at their highest levels since current records began in 2002/03, including rape offenses (70,330 in 2021/22), all sex offenses (194,683), stalking and harassment (722,574), and all violence against the person offenses (2.1 million).
There were 909,504 domestic violence crimes recorded in 2021/22, an eight percent increase from 2020/21 and a 12 percent increase from the pre-pandemic year 2019/20.
Part of this increase may be due to improvements observed in reporting in recent years.
Diana Fawcett, Chief Executive of the charity Victim Support, said: “The record increases in crime rates are always worrying – behind these statistics are real people and being the victim of a crime can have a devastating and long-lasting impact.
“Regardless of the reason for the increase, this massive surge in recorded crime has coincided with victims across the country facing an excruciatingly long time to trial.
“With the highest number of cases entering the criminal justice system in 20 years, we need urgent action to clear the backlog of cases, to ensure that those who have had the courage to report a crime get justice they deserve.”