Males aged 17 and 18 accused of killing man who was stabbed in Wandsworth on Friday

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Two teenagers have been charged with the murder of an 18-year-old man who was stabbed to death in south-west London. The man was among three people killed in separate attacks in the capital within 24 hours on Friday and Saturday.

A 17-year-old from Merton, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and Mohammed Nadir Dafallah, 18, from Wandsworth, were charged on Sunday. They will appear in custody at Wimbledon magistrates court on Monday.

Emergency services were called to Deeside Road in Wandsworth at 4.42pm on Friday, where the victim was found stabbed. He died at the scene and is yet to be formally identified. A postmortem examination is due to be held.

Minutes after the Wandsworth attack, a 19-year-old man was fatally shot in Plumstead.

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said he was “sickened” by the deaths of the two teenagers.

On Saturday afternoon, a man in his 30s was stabbed to death in Tower Hamlets, east London.

Three men were also stabbed in a separate attack in Clapham, south-west London.

The spate of attacks prompted criticism of Khan from Donald Trump, who called the London mayor a “disaster”. The US president’s message, retweeting a post from the far-right commentator Katie Hopkins referring to “Khan’s Londonistan”, drew anger from UK politicians.

A City Hall spokesman said Khan was focusing on supporting communities and he was “not going to waste his time” responding to the president’s tweet.