Two arrested after triple stabbing in London

WITNESSES have described the “horrific” aftermath of violence that saw three men stabbed to death in a residential street.

A fight between groups of Sikh men in Ilford, east London on Sunday evening escalated into a fatal clash, according to police.

Scaffolder Louis O’Donoghoe (40) was watching snooker on the television when he heard screaming and shouting outside his house, in what he said sounded like a foreign language.

“It was just chaos, absolute chaos. It was like something out of a movie, horrific,” Mr O’Donoghoe said of the aftermath.

He saw the ambulance service working on one person and then realised there were another two bodies, at which point he went outside to see what was going on.

“I could see it all, one (body) to the left, two at the bottom of the stairs. It was pretty horrific really. I’ve never seen anything like it to be honest. It’s like something on a movie.”

Police responded to reports of a disturbance in Elmstead Road, Seven Kings, in Ilford, on Sunday at 7.38pm.

All three men were pronounced dead at the scene and the Metropolitan Police said the victims are believed to be aged in their 20s or 30s. Two men, aged 29 and 39, have been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Chief Superintendent Stephen Clayman said the suspects and victims were known to each other.

“We believe the groups involved are members of the Sikh community,” he said.

“A fight has taken place which has escalated, resulting in three people being fatally attacked.”

Formal identification of the victims has yet to take place and post-mortem examinations have also yet to be arranged.