Four men have died in separate stabbing attacks across London in just 24 hours, according to police reports. One of them was just 19 years old, the 20th teenager to die violently in the capital so far this year.

Another man died yesterday in a knife attack in West Bromwich, bringing the national death toll on a single day to at least five.

Two people have been arrested over the death of the teenager, who was knifed in a confrontation at a bedsit in Gloucester Road in Edmonton, North London. Officers were called to reports of a fight at the address close to Silver Street railway station at about 2.30pm yesterday.

Paramedics were called and the victim, who had suffered multiple stab wounds, was taken to the North Middlesex Hospital where he later died.

A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said a 26-year-old woman and 34-year-old man were arrested in connection with the attack.

In Walthamstow, north east London, a man aged in his 20s was also fatally stabbed. Police found the victim with stab wounds to the head and chest shortly after 8.30pm last night.

Paramedics fought to save his life at the scene but he was pronounced dead about an hour later.

In Tottenham, North London, a murder inquiry was launched after a man was found stabbed to death at the rear of a disused pub in Tottenham High Road yesterday morning. The victim, thought to be in his 40s, was suffering from head injuries and slash wounds. He died at the scene.

Four people remain in custody after a 20-year-old man was fatally stabbed in Leyton, East London in what was reported to be a road rage attack.

It was reported today that Adnan Patel was knifed in the stomach after a dispute with a number of men in a white van. He had tried to escape in his Ford Focus but lost control and smashed into a car a few streets away. "Residents tried to save his life as he lay whispering prayers," one newspaper reported.

In West Bromwich, a man died after he was stabbed during a row in the street, police said today. The 20-year-old victim, who has not yet been named, had been involved in an argument with another man in Bustleholme Avenue, Charlemont Farm, before he was killed.

A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and a woman of the same age has been arrested in connection with the stabbing, which happened at 11pm yesterday.

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