Brixton murder: Young man stabbed to death after brawl between 'gangs armed with swords and machetes'

Witnesses claimed six more people were hurt as a car speeding away from the scene of the brawl on the Angell Town estate
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A young man was stabbed to death as youths armed with swords and machetes clashed on a housing estate in south London.

Witnesses claimed six more people were hurt as a car speeding away from the scene of the brawl on the Angell Town estate in Brixton overturned.

Officers and ambulance crews called to Overton Road at 6pm last night found the 21-year-old victim collapsed with multiple knife wounds in nearby Wynne Road. He was taken to hospital where he died just before 9pm.

Another man, also in his twenties, was found with stab injuries and remains in hospital today. His condition is not believed to be life-threatening.

A Met spokesman said they were working to locate and inform the victim’s next of kin. An overturned car that crashed 400ft away in Marcella Road is being linked to the death.

Witnesses claimed six people were injured by the vehicle but this was unconfirmed.

Pastor Lorraine Jones, whose son Dwayne Simpson, 20, was stabbed to death on the estate in 2014, said: “It’s like a war zone. This car came into the estate trying to run over the lads. I hear they even got out of the car and started stabbing.

“Families and horrified children are waking up this morning to see a car turned over and police tape around their play area. But this is the reality.

“Sadly we’ve had a fatality and both victims and perpetrators need in-depth intervention support. We are crying but we are not giving up. We want change, our children’s lives matter.”

One man has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm as an investigation continues into what is being treated as a gang-related killing, the Met said.

A photograph of a black sword, reportedly dumped at the scene, was being circulated on social media today. The death marks the 82nd homicide investigation opened by police in London this year. A section 60 order granting police additional stop and search powers was put in place across an area of south London, including Brixton, Clapham, Kennington and Vauxhall.

Last month, two men aged 20 and 39 were fired at by gunman riding a moped on the Angell Town. The pair later presented themselves at hospital suffering from gunshot wounds.

In June, 22 police officers were injured when they tried to break up an unlicensed music event on the estate.

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