Brixton stabbing: Man knifed to death in broad daylight in south London

Thirty-nine-year-old becomes latest victim of UK's knife crime epidemic

Brixton Hill, at the junction with New Park Road, where the man was attacked (Google Street View)

A man has been stabbed death in broad daylight on a south London street.

The 39-year-old was knifed in Brixton Hill shortly after midday on Thursday, London's Metropolitan Police said.

Paramedics and air ambulance doctors were also called to the scene but he later died in hospital.

Two males, whose ages were not given by police, have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and are being held at a south London police station.

The pair were arrested before the man died.

Brixton Hill was closed at the junction with New Park Road while officers investigated the death.

The man’s family has been informed and a post-mortem examination “will be scheduled in due course”, police said.

Anyone with information should call police on 101, quoting reference 3334/29Aug, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.