Man in his 20s is shot and stabbed to death on an east London street 

A man in his 20s has died after being stabbed and shot to death in a street in east London, police said.

The victim, believed to be in his 20s, was found suffering from knife and gunshot wounds just before 9.30pm this evening.

Emergency services rushed to Church Road in Manor Park, east London, but despite paramedic’s efforts, the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.  

A cordon is in place as police investigate and more officers are expected to be in the area as a result of the killing. 

A murder investigation has been launched and a post-mortem will be scheduled in due course, police said. 

His next of kin have not yet been informed about his death, police added. 

The Met Police have also implemented new Section 60 stop and search powers throughout the whole borough of Newham until 1.30pm tomorrow afternoon. 

The killing came just hours after three teenagers were stabbed within minutes of each other in nearby streets in northeast London.   

Last night a woman named locally as Annabelle Lancaster was  found dead in the street just before 6pm in Enfield, north London. 

A man was arrested nearby on suspicion of murder and taken to a north London police station. 

A friend who only wanted to give her name has Courtney, 22, came to lay some flowers at the spot where she was found. 

A large police forensic tent has been erected outside the tower block and is being guarded by a police officer

‘I knew Annabelle from when we were staying in a mother and baby unit together,’ she said.

‘I know she was really close with her family, especially with her mum.

‘She was one of those really bubbly girls, always up for a laugh. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her upset.

‘She was always so happy. I feel bad that I haven’t spoken to her in so long.’

Her next of kin have been informed while a post-mortem examination and formal identification will be carried out in due course, police said. 

The investigation, pictured above, is the 33rd murder probe in the capital this year

Police cordoned off the area outside a block of flats in Enfield, north London, where a woman in her 20s was found dead

The Brookbank block of flats in Turkey Street, Enfield, north London, where a woman in her 20s was found dead this evening 

Police at the scene of the fifth stabbing, in Aberdeen Road, Edmonton, on Tuesday. Jason Kakaire appeared in court on Friday charged with five counts of attempted murder 

Last week Calvin Bungisa became the 32nd murder in London this year when he was found dead in Kentish Town.

The 22-year-old was stabbed to death by a group of masked thugs as a witness saw his mother run ‘screaming’ from her home nearby into the street. 

Father-of-three Gavin Garraway, 40, was stabbed to death in Clapham, south London, four days earlier. 

Teenager Zion Chiata, appeared in charged with his murder.

On Friday Jason Kakaire, 29, appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates’s Court charged with five counts of attempted murder after a spate of knife attacks.

The 29-year-old is accused of stabbing five people in three days in Edmonton, north London.