East Acton stabbing: Young man stabbed to death in the street during 'robbery gone wrong'

Knife attack: the scene after the stabbing in Uxbridge Road
Sean O'Kane, Twitter
WEST END FINAL

Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.

A young man was stabbed to death in a street yards from a school in a suspected “robbery gone wrong”.

The 25-year-old was found collapsed on a pavement suffering a knife wound to his chest in west London on Thursday afternoon.

He is understood to have staggered through a nearby estate before falling to the ground in front of horrified passers-by in Old Oak Road, East Acton.

Paramedics battled to save him but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The killing brings the number of murders in London in the first two weeks of 2018 to five. Police have confirmed four of the victims were stabbed to death.

A large cordon was thrown around the surrounding streets following the stabbing just before 4pm yesterday.

Staff at a specialist school for autistic children 100 yards from the stabbing were forced to keep pupils inside as officers hunted the knifeman.

A source close to the investigation told the Standard that the killing is thought to have followed an attempted “robbery gone wrong”.

One woman said teenage boys had been seen apparently mugging a man in nearby Ollgar Close, less than 20 yards from where the victim collapsed.

She said: “My husband was walking our child home from school. They walked past three teenage boys who were shouting and ran past the garages.

“The three boys were then pinning a guy up against a garage and holding him by the neck.

“They were shouting they were going to kill him. My husband said he heard them shouting to give them something. It sounded like they wanted something from him.”

The victim, who is believed to live locally, was found collapsed outside stretch of £1 million terraced houses.

One neighbour said his wife watched as police and paramedics battled to save him.

He said: “They were doing everything they could but they couldn’t save him.”

“We were told he was stabbed nearby and collapsed outside.

“It’s a shocking thing to happen, it’s so sad.”

Stephen Rochdale, 59, an IT consultant who lives in Olgar Close, said: “I’ve lived here 20 years. It’s very out of character for this area.”

Anyone with information should call Hammersmith and Fulham Police by dialling 101.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in