Murder investigation after spate of ‘isolated’ south London stabbings

A police officer at the scene of a fatal stabbing at flats on Wisbeach Road in Croydon, London (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Police investigating a spate of stabbings in south London have launched a murder investigation after a 22-year-old was killed and nine others were injured.

Officers were called to five reports of stabbings in the Croydon area between 6.56pm and 9.12pm on Friday.