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Murder investigation over stabbing in Shadwell

BBC Red police tape crosses the road. Silver chairs are on the pavement opposite, inside the police cordon with a police car with fluorescent yellow marking parked beyond it.BBC
Police and ambulance crews were called to Shadwell

A murder investigation is under way after a double stabbing in east London in which one man died and another is being treated in hospital.

The Met Police said it was trying to find the family of a man in his 20s or 30s who was killed in the incident in Shadwell on 7 April.

The second man, in his 50s, is not believed to have life-threatening injuries.

Detectives said: "We are working to establish the circumstances surrounding this tragic death," and appealed for anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage from about 16:00 BST on Watney Street to contact them.

Police officer near police tape
Police are trying to find the family of the dead man

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