Teenagers charged with murder of boy stabbed to death during 24 hour bloodshed in London

The victim, 18, died at the scene in Wandsworth after he was stabbed on Friday afternoon.

Two teenagers have been charged with murder by police investigating a fatal stabbing in the capital.

Mohammed Nadir Dafallah, 18, and another boy, 17, charged with murdering an 18-year-old victim in Wandsworth on Friday afternoon.

Police were called to the stabbing on Deeside Road in south-west London at 4.42pm on Friday.

They found the victim in a critical condition but despite the efforts of paramedics, he died at the scene.

His death came during a spate of violence in London, with five seperate attacks taking place in just 24 hours.

Minutes after the Wandsworth stabbing, another teenager, 19, was shot in a car park on Hartville Road, Plumstead, south-east London.

Armed police, local officers, the London Ambulance Service and London Air Ambulance all attended, but the victim died a short while later.

On Saturday, just hours later, a man in his 30s was killed in Tower Hamlets, east London.

Three men were also stabbed in a separate attack in Clapham.

The Metropolitan Police said 14 people – including several boys and a girl – have been arrested in connection with the incidents in Wandsworth, Plumstead and Clapham.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said on Friday: ‘I am sickened to hear that two young lives have been ended within minutes of each other in Wandsworth and Greenwich.

‘Our overstretched police are working around the clock to keep Londoners safe. They need our support to end this scourge of violence.’

The mayor was attacked by US president Donald Trump in the wake of the violence, who took to Twitter to call Khan a ‘national disgrace’.

A spokesman for the mayor said today: ‘Sadiq is focusing on supporting London’s communities and over-stretched emergency services.

‘He has been in regular touch with senior Met police officers last night and throughout the day.

‘His thoughts are with the victims’ families. He is not going to waste his time responding to this sort of tweet.’

The victims have not yet been formally identified by police.