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London violence: Man shot dead and another stabbed to death | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
One man was shot dead and another fatally stabbed within hours of each other in London. | |
The first victim was gunned down in Edmonton, north London, on Tuesday, while the other was attacked early on Wednesday in Hounslow, west London. | |
Detectives have made one arrest in the Hounslow murder investigation. | |
A BBC analysis of homicides in London showed this year eight out of a total of ten fatal shootings had happened since June. | |
On Tuesday night at about 21:00 BST police were called to Beaconsfiled Road, Edmonton, where they found a man in his 20s suffering from a gunshot wound. | |
He was treated by paramedics but was pronounced dead shortly before 22:00. | |
The Met Police said no arrests have been made over the Edmonton killing. | |
A few hours later at 02:47 another man was found injured - this time in Clements Court, Hounslow. | |
Detectives said the victim, aged in his early 30s, had suffered stab injuries and was also pronounced dead at the scene. | |
Police homicide statistics in London obtained and analysed by the BBC show there have been more than 75 murder investigations launched in London this year. | |
Ten of these killings have been shootings. |