A murder investigation has been launched after an 18-year-old man was found with stab wounds in Dagenham after a group of men were fighting with machetes near Heathway Station

Police were called at 23:47hrs on Friday, 5 May to reports of two groups fighting with machetes near to Dagenham Heath tube station.

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Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended. At the scene an 18-year-old man was found with stab injuries. Despite the efforts of emergency services he sadly died at the scene.