Two more people have been killed in London as the death toll caused by violence in the capital hit 60.
A 20-year-old man was stabbed to death on Roth Walk, near Finsbury Park, at around 3am this morning.
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An ambulance crew battled to save his life but he was confirmed dead at the scene.
Police have arrested a second man, 21, who was found stabbed on nearby Seven Sisters Road.
His condition is not life-threatening.
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan posted online about the killing, saying he was deeply saddened by another life unnecessarily lost to violent crime on our streets.
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The Met Police are using extra City Hall resources to fight this scourge and to remove violent criminals and weapons from the streets, he said.
We are also working tirelessly with the Met Police, community and youth groups, health and education services, and local and national government on preventing young people getting dragged in to lives of violent crime.
Inquiries are under way to trace the dead mans family, police said.
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Detectives have also launched a murder investigation in a separate incident in Morden, where a man died after being assaulted on Thursday.
The 32-year-old victim, who had been in a street fight with another man, was taken to a hospital in south London but died yesterday.
Police have arrested a man, 31, on suspicion of murder, who is currently being held.
There have been more than 60 murder investigations launched by the Metropolitan Police so far this year amid a spike in violent crime in the capital.
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