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| Wormwood Scrubs stabbing: Four inmates arrested on suspicion of murder after fatal prison attack | Wormwood Scrubs stabbing: Four inmates arrested on suspicion of murder after fatal prison attack |
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| A murder investigation has been launched following the death of an inmate at a London prison. | A murder investigation has been launched following the death of an inmate at a London prison. |
| Police were called to HMP Wormwood Scrubs in the west of the capital on Wednesday afternoon following reports of a stabbing. | |
| Officers and London ambulance service attended and found a man in his twenties suffering from stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. | |
| Four men, all prisoners at HMP Wormwood Scrubs and in their early twenties, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. All four remain in police custody. | |
| The Metropolitan Police said detectives were investigating and a post-mortem examination would be arranged in due course. Next of kin are aware but formal identification awaits. | |
| It comes less than two months after a formal inspection of the jail raised concerns over chronic staff shortages, food shortages and a surge in violence. | |
| Inspectors also found areas of the west London jail were strewn with litter, attracting rats and cockroaches, in what they said painted an “extremely concerning picture”. | |