An 18-year-old was killed and boys of 17 and 18 injured yesterday in three separate stabbing attacks less than an hour apart on another day of bloodshed in London.
In Canning Town, east London, an 18-year-old, named locally as Junior Jah, died after being knifed shortly before 2.45pm.
At around 3.30pm police were called to nearby Poplar after reports that a 17-year-old male had suffered stab injuries.
And at 3.40pm officers were called to Redbridge where an 18-year-old boy was found with leg injuries.
No arrests have been made over any of the incidents, which police were not linking during initial investigations.
A section 60 order, which allows officers to search anyone without reasonable grounds amid a risk of serious violence, has been put in place for the entire borough of Newham.
At the scene of the Canning Town attack, Junior’s aunt Yvette Goodhew, from Stratford, said: ‘We always knew him as Junior. He was a beautiful quiet boy. He had just turned 18.
‘We didn’t see the family often but I remembered he was a good boy.’
Witnesses said emergency services rushed to the scene and fought hard to save him but he was pronounced dead on the street.
A young man was seen with his head in his hands, crying on a curb next to the crime scene where Junior was killed.
This is not the first time tragedy has hit the victim’s family.
Junior’s brother Ahmed Jah was also stabbed to death in 2017 on neighbouring Freemasons Road.
Police are also calling on anyone with information in yesterday’s attack to come forward.
A spokesperson said: ‘Anyone with information that could…
