Battersea stabbing: Young man repeatedly knifed in London’s latest violent attack

Metropolitan Police officers are using a range of tactics to tackle moped crime in the capital
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Olivia Tobin7 November 2018
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A young man in his 20s has become the latest victim of violence in the capital after he was found with multiple stab wounds.

The victim was found outside of a residential block on Weybridge Point, in Battersea, south-west London, and was rushed to hospital at about 7.10pm on Tuesday night.

Officers have made no arrests following the stabbing and a crime scene was put in place into Wednesday morning.

The man’s condition, police said, is not thought to be life-threatening.

It is the latest incident of violent crime in the capital after five men and boys lost their lives in six days after being stabbed.

A murder investigation was launched for a 16-year-old schoolboy on Monday, after he was stabbed in Tulse Hill.

A 22-year-old man was knifed to death on Sunday, just after midday, in Anerley, south east London.

On Friday, 17-year-old Malcolm Mide-Madariola was stabbed to death in Wandsworth as well, outside Clapham South station.

Jay Hughes , 15, also known as Jai Sewell, was also stabbed to death in Bellingham, south-east London, on Thursday.

And on Wednesday, Rocky Djelal, 38, died from fatal knife wounds next to a children’s playground at Southwark Park.

Following the violence, a Section 60 order was put in place for the whole of Lambeth until 5am on Wednesday.

The Section 60 power allows officers to stop and search anyone in a certain area, when there is evidence serious violence has taken place.

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