A teenager has been stabbed to death and another is critically ill in hospital after a “highly worrying incident”.
Scotland Yard say they found two males with stab wounds after being called to a disturbance around midnight involving a ‘large group of people’ in Lichfield Road, Tower Hamlets, east London.
A murder investigation is now under way but no arrests have been made yet, say police.
The teenager who died is believed to be aged 17, while the one taken to hospital is 18.
Detective Chief Inspector Mark Rogers of the Met’s Specialist Crime Command said: “This is a highly worrying incident that has left one young man dead and another fighting for his life in hospital.
“I am aware of reports saying that about a hundred people, armed with weapons were involved. This information does not appear to be wholly accurate.
“We know a significant number of people were caught up in this incident but not necessarily directly involved or armed with weapons.”
