A murder investigation has been launched in south London after a man was stabbed to death on Friday afternoon.

Police were called to Clapham Park Road, close to Clapham Common Tube station just after 2.30pm on Friday following reports of a stabbing.

Officers raced to the scene along with members of the London Ambulance Service where they discovered a man in his 40s suffering from knife wounds.

Despite efforts by the paramedics he sadly died at the scene.

Witnesses claimed the victim was a father of three who lived locally.