Five arrested after man dies hour after being found with stab wounds by officers called to disturbance on Old Kent Road

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Five people have been arrested after a man was stabbed to death in south London in the early hours of Tuesday.

The Metropolitan police said they were called to investigate reports of a disturbance on Old Kent Road at about 2am. They found a 19-year-old man with stab wounds. He was pronounced dead about an hour later.

“At this early stage, it is believed that the victim was involved in an altercation involving a large group of people outside a nearby venue,” detectives said.

Officers believe they know the man’s identity and said his next of kin had been informed. They did not release his name and said a postmortem would be held on Wednesday.

Three men and two women, all aged between 21 and 25 years old, were arrested on suspicion of murder. They are being held at a south London police station. Detectives from Scotland Yard’s homicide and major crime command are investigating.

The Evening Standard reported that a picture of the scene showed the road blocked off with emergency vehicles. It said a nearby road had been blocked off while police investigated.