Police searching for two ‘dangerous individuals’ over security guard murder at New Year’s Eve party

Ossama Hamed and Nor Aden Hamada wanted in connection with fatal stabbing of Tudor Simionov

Ossama Hamed (left) and Nor Aden Hamada are wanted by police (Scotland Yard)

Police are searching for two “dangerous individuals” in connection with the murder of a security guard at a New Year’s Eve party in central London.

Tudor Simionov, 33, was working outside a private event at Fountain House in Park Lane when he was fatally stabbed around 5.30am on 1 January. He died at the scene.

Investigators have now released pictures of suspects Ossama Hamed, 25, and 23-year-old Nor Aden Hamada, urging the public to come forward with any information that could lead to their arrest.

Detective Inspector Garry Moncrieff of the Homicide and Major Crime Command said: “Ossama Hamed and Nor Aden Hamada are dangerous individuals who need to be apprehended.

“I would urge anyone who has seen them, or knows of their whereabouts, to contact police immediately.”

Addressing reports Hamed, who is of Palestinian heritage, may have fled the UK to Jordan, he added: “Rest assured we are working with colleagues to ensure that if they are in this country, or overseas, we will track them down.”

Mr Simionov was stabbed to death while working in London’s Park Lane (Tudor Simionov/LinkedIn)

According to Scotland Yard, Mr Simionov, who lived in Ilford, had been trying to prevent gatecrashers entering the party at the time of the attack.

Two colleagues, aged 29 and 37, were also stabbed during an altercation, as was a 29-year-old woman. Their injuries were not life-threatening and they have all been released from hospital.

Mr Simionov’s girlfriend Madalina Anghel told the Evening Standard: “He was my future husband and we came to London from Romania for a better life. I can’t explain in words how much pain I am in.”

He was the capital’s second murder of 2019, after mother-of-one Charlotte Huggins, 33, was stabbed in Camberwell hours after wishing her loved ones a “healthy, happy 2019” on social media.

London’s homicide toll, which include murders, manslaughters and self-defence killings, for 2018 was 132, a decade high.