A 21-year-old man has died less than a week after being stabbed near Lewisham High Street.

Police were called by paramedics to reports of a stabbing in Molesworth Street, near the junction with the high street, on Saturday just after 8.30pm.

The victim, who was suffering a stab wound, was rushed to a south London hospital where he died this morning (May 5).

He is the second person knifed to death in the Lewisham borough this year, after 17-year-old Myron Yarde was fatally stabbed in New Cross on April, 3.

Next of kin have been informed and formal identification is yet to take place, police said.

A post mortem examination will be scheduled in due course.

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Inquiries continue and no arrests have been made so far. 

The murder investigation is being led by Detective Chief Inspector Dave Whellams from the homicide and major crime command.

Police are asking any witnesses or anyone with any information to contact the incident room on 020 8345 3775 or to remain anonymous, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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