Shocking week in London after 2 murders, car crash tragedy, body in canal & police officer stabbed

Published date21 April 2024
Publication titleMyLondon (England)
On Sunday night April 14 at a round 11.25pm, three young men lost their lives as their car ploughed through a fence at Staples Corner, near Brent Cross, in North West London. They have now been named as Mohamad Zeidani, 21, Mohammed Ghazzi, 21, and Sohail Zulfiqar, 20. Two other crash victims are still in hospital, but police say they are now stable

The same day at around 7pm, a body was sadly pulled from a canal in Harlesden, West London, after reports of a man in the water near the Grand Junction Arms pub. At the time police said there had been no arrests, but enquiries were still ongoing.

On Thursday, April 18, at around 11.15pm Petro Bebko, 23, was stabbed in the neck and died on , East London. Mykola Yakymets, 34, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and has now been charged.

This week there was also an update on the murder investigation after a fatal stabbing in Croydon. Rijkaard Siafa, 22, was knifed down in Fellmongers Yard on Friday, April 12. On Friday, April 19, police announced a second man, aged 34, had been arrested in connection with Rijkaard's death, following the arrest of a 20-year-old who has since been...

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