Victim dies at scene in Barking after being found injured by police

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A 24-year-old man has been stabbed to death in east London, the Metropolitan police have said.

He was found injured after police were called to a road in Barking at about 11.30pm on Thursday. The man received first aid from officers before paramedics arrived, but was pronounced dead at the scene.

Scotland Yard said no arrests had been made in connection with the killing. It said the man’s next of kin had been informed.

The Met has launched more than 60 murder investigations so far this year, prompting concerns over an increase in violent crime in the capital.

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, described the stabbing as devastating and said he was in contact with the Met police commissioner, the local MP and council leaders.

“The Met will do everything they can to bring the criminals responsible for this senseless death to justice,” he said.

“There is no honour in staying silent. To stop stabbings and violent crime, we must work together.”