Teen held over London murders

18-year-old arrested after two men killed in Camden and another attacked with a knife

An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and grievous bodily harm as police said two killings and an assault in north London were being treated as linked and provided more details of a night of bloody carnage on the streets of the capital.

Two men were stabbed to death within two hours of each other in Camden on Tuesday shortly after a third man had been attacked with a knife.

Scotland Yard said based on the proximity in time and locations, the nature of the attacks and developing lines of inquiry, the murders in Bartholomew Road and Malden Road, along with the assault in Aldenham Street were being treated as linked.

An 18-year-old was arrested on Thursday in Camden on suspicion of two counts of murder and one count of grievous bodily harm. He is in custody at an East London police station.

Four men — aged 24, 23, 20 and 21 — were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of grievous bodily harm in connection with the attack in Aldenham Street. They were taken into custody at a central London police station and have been released under investigation.

DCI Paul Considine, leading the investigation, said: “What is clear is that there were three violent attacks, by a group of men armed with knives, within about two hours of each other and within about a mile of each other.

“I need the public’s help to establish the exact circumstances in which two young men were murdered and another seriously injured, and to identify the people responsible.

Considine said police are investigating a blue van seen in the area of the two murders and appealed for information from anyone who saw the vehicle.