Man whose body was found with stab wounds in Elstree is being linked to fatal stabbing in Barnet on Thursday

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The death of a man whose body was found with stab wounds in Hertfordshire is being linked to a murder in north London, the Met police said.

Hertfordshire police made the discovery in Hogg Lane, Elstree, on Friday. Detectives are treating it as being linked to a stabbing near Scratchwood Park, Barnet, on Thursday.

The Met said on Twitter: “Met detectives are in attendance at a crime scene in Hogg Lane, Elstree, after Hertfordshire police were called to the discovery of a man’s body on Friday, 20 December, around 3.38pm.

“The death is being treated as linked to the murder of a man found with stab injuries in Scratchwood Park, Barnet on 19 December.”

Police did not release any more information about the man found in Elstree. In Barnet, the man in his 30s died after being found in a car near Scratchwood Park at around 8.30pm on Thursday.

There have been multiple fatal stabbings in London over the past seven days.

A man died in east London after being stabbed in the early hours of Saturday morning,

The victim, believed to have been 29, died in Newham in east London. Police were called to the scene in Hanameel Street shortly after 2am but the man could not be saved and was pronounced dead at 2.44am. One man has been arrested in connection with the incident and remains in custody, the Met police said.

The death came after three men died within hours of each other in three separate attacks on Thursday.

Officers believe Ebrima “Brim” Cham, 35, died after being attacked by three men at a house in Hounslow, west London.

A 44-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder has been released with no further action. DCI Noel McHugh, who is leading the investigation, said: “At this early stage we believe three suspects forced their way into the property where Brim sustained a fatal injury.

“This was clearly a targeted attack and we are very keen to understand more about what was going on in Brim’s life.

“We know there were a lot of people in and around the Grove Road area at the time. If you were there, please think carefully about whether you saw or heard anything out of the ordinary and have the confidence to come forward to us.”

Later that evening, a man in his 20s was stabbed to death on Bromley Road, Walthamstow, north-east London, and another suffered non-life threatening injuries. A 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder.

On Tuesday, Albert Amofa, 33, died two days after being knifed in the leg outside his house during a “botched” car robbery in Croydon, south London.

Last Saturday night, a man in his 40s died after being stabbed at a property in Dagenham, east London.

A woman in her 50s was also found with non-life threatening injuries and a 59-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder.

On 14 December, Dmytro Balaban, 28, was knifed and died in Brent, West London. Volodymyr Holovatskyi, 23, was arrested and charged with murder the following day.

The Met recorded 135 homicides in 2018, while the Home Office recorded 141 homicides in the capital, including those in the City of London police area.