Man, 20, was fatally wounded in a fight involving other men in Edmonton on Wednesday

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A man stabbed to death in north London has been named as Ishak Tacine.

The 20-year-old was fatally wounded in a fight involving several young men in Edmonton on Wednesday.



Officers were called at about 6.30pm after reports of a fight between men armed with baseball bats on a residential street lined with terraced family homes.

They found Tacine, of Enfield, with stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene less than an hour later, despite treatment by medics from the ambulance service and London’s air ambulance. A postmortem is yet to take place.

A 16-year-old boy remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of murder and violent disorder, police said. The boy had earlier been treated in hospital.

Portions of Cavendish Road remained cordoned off on Thursday night, while extra police were on patrol in the area.

Scotland Yard’s homicide and major crime command is investigating the death. Police said that any information passed on about the attack would be treated with the strictest confidence.

“At this early stage officers retain an open mind as to motive,” a Met police statement said.

DI Paul Considine, who is leading the investigation, said: “This is another tragic loss of young life and I am urgently appealing to anyone with information to get in touch.

“We believe there were a number of other young men involved in the altercation which sadly led to this man’s death. Those responsible must be caught and brought to justice.”