A MAN has been stabbed to death in South London today in the capital’s latest bloody killing.
Cops are investigating after the 39-year-old victim was fatally knifed Brixton Hill, Lambeth in broad daylight.
Officers scrambled to the scene after receiving reports of a stabbing just after 12pm.
An air ambulance landed nearby and paramedics battled to save the victim, who was rushed to hospital with a stab wound, but died a short time later.
Police initially arrested two men on suspicion of attempted murder.
They are in custody at a south London police station.
There have been at least 90 killings in the capital already this year, more than 50 of them fatal stabbings.
A crime scene and road closures are currently in place at Brixton Hill and the junction with New Park Road.
A police spokesman said: “At this early stage officers retain an open mind as to motive.”
Police are appealing for witnesses.
Locals expressed their shock on social media after today’s killing.
One person tweeted: “Brixton Hill closed off. Another stabbing. Madness.”
Another wrote: “Stabbing on Brixton Hill. Road is on locked down!”
And another said: “It’s literally every day. So many lives destroyed.
“I walked up Brixton Hill last week to see my Mum’s elderly cousin. Bloody grateful I wasn’t there today.”
Police say the dead man’s next of kin have been informed and a post-mortem will be scheduled in due course.
It is the latest horrific fatal knifing on London’s streets in 2019.
On Monday, an 18-year-old was stabbed to death in West Ham, East London.
Two days earlier, a grandad died in his wife’s arms after begging her to “come closer to me”.
Allan Isichei, 69, was knifed outside a pub in Southall, at 6:40pm.
Building firm boss Allan collapsed on his neighbour’s doorstep after staggering home with stab wounds to his chest and side.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said last week he was determined to tackle rising levels of knife crime amid the impression of a growing “culture of insolence” among “thugs” who believed they could act with impunity.
Mr Johnson pledged to extended police stop and search powers and also said the government would be investing £2.5 billion in creating 10,000 new prison places.
Last year was London’s bloodiest in 10 years as the death toll reached 135, and if the current trend continues this year it could beat that harrowing number.
The knife crime epidemic has become so huge some schools will be forced to install knife arches, and teachers are constantly on the watch for dangerous blades.
Hospitals in the capital treat 21 people a day for knife wounds and other injuries from assault, official figures showed earlier this year.
Last week, Sun Online revealed London’s knife-crime epidemic was scaring off tourists.
Statistics from VisitBritain show the number of overseas travellers who came to London between January and March this year dropped by 5.3 per cent, compared to the number who arrived in 2017.
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