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Met probes CCTV over stab death | Met probes CCTV over stab death |
(about 8 hours later) | |
Police are looking at CCTV footage and talking to eyewitnesses after a man was killed outside a fast food restaurant in London's Oxford Street. | |
Steven Bigby, 22, from north London, was stabbed in a dispute after leaving McDonald's on Monday afternoon. | |
Officers have recovered a knife from the scene. They do not believe it was a premeditated attack. | |
There were many witnesses to the stabbing on the busy street but police have made no arrests. | |
About half of Oxford Street is closed between Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road and nine bus routes are being diverted. | |
The results are still to come of a post-mortem examination held on Tuesday afternoon. | |
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said Mr Bigby became involved in an altercation with a group of people soon after leaving left McDonald's with friends. | |
The spokesman said the Met was keeping an "open mind" about the motive. | |
This has been an increasing and steadily rising onslaught of lawlessness Ray LewisDeputy mayor for young people | |
He added that it was too early to say how many people were involved in the row and whether the attack was gang-related. | |
A McDonald's spokeswoman said none of the fast food chain's staff was involved. | |
Acting Dep Ch Insp Bob Mahoney said: "In particular, I am appealing for anyone who was taking photographs yesterday afternoon in Oxford Street, for any reason, to contact us. | |
"We would be very keen to see these photographs as they could hold key information to our inquiry." | |
About 20 retailers in the cordoned-off area were closed on Tuesday. | |
Other stabbings | |
The New West End Company, which represents the interests of businesses in the area, said in a statement: "Our sympathies are with the victim's family and anyone affected by yesterday's incident. | |
"We call on retailers and shoppers in the area to pass on any information they believe will be helpful to police investigations." | |
The stabbing came days after 16-year-old Jimmy Mizen was murdered in Lee, south-east London. | |
Two teenagers, aged 15 and 16, were also stabbed in Holloway, north London, over the weekend. | |
London's newly-appointed deputy mayor for young people, Ray Lewis, described the problem of crime in the capital as a "rising onslaught". | |
"I think we need to ask ourselves why we are where we are in the first place," he told the BBC's Newsnight. | "I think we need to ask ourselves why we are where we are in the first place," he told the BBC's Newsnight. |
"Because this isn't a blow-out, this is a slow leak. | "Because this isn't a blow-out, this is a slow leak. |
"This has been an increasing and steadily rising onslaught of lawlessness and abandoned behaviour for a number of years." | "This has been an increasing and steadily rising onslaught of lawlessness and abandoned behaviour for a number of years." |
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