Posted: 11:50, 2 May 2022 | Updated: 12:32, 2 May 2022
Police in the City of London were searching for a knife today after a man was stabbed to death near St Paul’s Cathedral last night. The victim was given cardiopulmonary resuscitation by rescuers at the spot in the center of the capital last night, after he was found seriously injured shortly before midnight. He was taken by ambulance to the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, but died of his injuries and detectives are now trying to determine what happened. Police cordoned off the area at the intersection of St Martin’s Le Grand and Gresham streets and also stuck a car outside the Lord Raglan pub. A medical examiner works in a cordon near Gresham Street in London this morning Police in the City of London have cordoned off an area near Gresham Street in London today. Teams of medical examiners are searching the area for evidence this morning and London police have confirmed they are conducting an investigation, but no arrests have been made. Assistant Commissioner Pete O’Doherty said: “London City Police were called to report a knife on Gresham Street, EC2V, at 11:30 pm on 1 May. “Police found a man suffering from serious injuries and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the scene before being transported to the Royal Hospital in London where he later sadly died. “Investigations are ongoing and no arrests have been made at this time.” The age of the victim is not known. A spokesman for the London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 11:27 pm on May 1 to report an incident on Gresham Street, EC2. Police in Greenwich, South East London, yesterday after a separate knife “We sent an ambulance, a doctor to a response car, an emergency officer and an advanced paramedic. “We took a man to the scene and took him to a London trauma center, but unfortunately he died.” The attack came less than 24 hours after a 30-year-old man was stabbed to death in Greenwich with police called to the scene at 2:15 a.m. yesterday. The man was taken to hospital after being stabbed in south-east London, but died shortly afterwards, and British transport police are investigating. No arrests have been made.
