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A man is fighting for his life after being stabbed in a south London street.

The man, who is in his early 20s, was found with stab wounds in Lucey Street, Bermondsey earlier this evening at 6.21pm and rushed to a south London hospital where he remains in a critical condition.

It came just 90 minutes after two men were 'slashed' outside a Waitrose on Kensington High Street in west London in a broad daylight assault this afternoon.

Police officers attended the incident in Bermondsey alongside a number of ambulance crews and an incident response officer.

No arrests have been made and enquiries are continuing.

A spokesman for Metropolitan Police said: "Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at 6.21pm on to reports of a man suffering stab injuries on Lucey Way in Bermondsey.



"Officers attended. A man, believed to be aged in his early 20s, was taken to a south London hospital where he remains in a critical condition."

Meanwhile a police cordon is in place in Kensington High Street and one man has been arrested following the knife assault, less than a mile from Kensington Palace.

A spokesman for Metropolitan Police said: "Police were called at approximately 5.05pm to commercial premises on Kensington High Street following reports of an assault.

"Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended. Two men, aged in their 20s, were found suffering from slash wounds. Their injuries are not life-threatening.

"It is believed that the men were assaulted outside of the shop.

"One person has been arrested."

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One witness told the Evening Standard that a victim was attacked near the entrance of Waitrose before running into the store for help.

Another Twitter user told the paper a victim was "chased" and attacked.

A security guard told the MailOnline that some men had been fighting near the High Street Kensington entrance of Waitrose.

The supermarket remains open and shoppers are still using the back entrance.