Four arrested after man stabbed to death on Christmas night in Hackney | UK News

A crime set is in place where the man died (Picture: PA)

Four people have been arrested on suspicion of stabbing a 49-year-old man to death in east London early this morning.

The Met Police said officers and London Ambulance Services were called to Cranwood Street, Hackney, at around 3.10am on December 26.

The man was found with stab wounds and died from his injuries. Inquiries are continuing to inform his next of kin.

Two men, aged 49 and 42, along with two women, aged 35 and 44, have been detained on suspicion of murder.

They remain in police custody and a crime scene is in place.

It comes as a teenager was arrested after a woman was found stabbed to death in London on Christmas Eve.

A Santander rental bike, with bags protecting potential evidence, on the A501 main road near to the scene at Cranwood Street, central London, where a man died from stab wounds in the early hours of this morning. Police were called at approximately 3.10am to reports of a stabbing and attended the property with the London Ambulance Service. Four people - two men aged 49 and 42 and two women aged 35 and 44 - have been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody. Picture date: Tuesday December 26, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE Cranwood. Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire Hackney

Nearby bikes have been taped off for evidence purposes (Picture: PA)

A police forensic officer at a property in Cranwood Street, central London, where a man died from stab wounds in the early hours of this morning. Police were called at approximately 3.10am to reports of a stabbing and attended the property with the London Ambulance Service. Four people - two men aged 49 and 42 and two women aged 35 and 44 - have been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody. Picture date: Tuesday December 26, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE Cranwood. Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Investigators are still canvassing the area (Picture: PA)

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Police were called just after 10pm on December 24 to reports of a 22-year-old woman with a stab injury at a house in Spenlow House in Jamaica Road, Bermondsey, south London.

Officers attended along with paramedics from the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance.

They provided emergency first aid to the woman, however she died at the scene. Her family have been informed.

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