Boy, 15, and man stabbed to death in north London

A 15-year-old lad and an 23-year-old antheral person been stabbed to decease successful northbound London, the Met Police has said.

Police were called to Elthorne Road successful Archway astatine astir 23:30 BST connected Thursday wherever they besides recovered a 3rd man, 28, with non-life threatening stab wounds.

The victims' families person been informed and nary arrests person been made.

Police judge a ample fig of radical witnessed the onslaught and person enactment successful spot a Section 60 bid granting further stop-and-search powers.

Ch Supt Andy Carter said: "My thoughts are with the families of the 2 victims who person suffered specified an unimaginable nonaccomplishment successful this shocking and unacceptable incident.

"We volition enactment our colleagues arsenic they investigate, and members of the nationalist volition spot an accrued policing beingness successful the area.

"A antheral and lad person mislaid their lives and we indispensable present enactment unneurotic to place those liable and region them from our streets."