A fourth person has been murdered following a weekend of violence in London that saw riot police deployed to a shopping centre.

The latest killing took place in Stratford, east London, in which a man in his 40s was found collapsed as a result of stab wounds at 12.40am today.

His was pronounced dead 20 minutes later and police have put in place an order that allows them to stop and search people throughout the entire borough of Newham until 6pm today.

Over the weekend three people were killed in 24 hours after six stabbings took place across the capital and violence broke out after a robbery near Stratford Westfield Shopping Centre.

Officers were jumped on and had bottles pelted at them by around 100 youths.

Witnesses fled the scene and at least one woman was injured in the stampede after falling down some stairs.

Police managed to eventually control the situation, arresting three people on suspicion of robbery and possession of an offensive weapon after a hunting knife was discovered.

Among the dead from the weekend of violence is construction student Cheyon Evans, 18, who was stabbed to death in Tooting, south west London, at 4.42pm on Friday.

Witnesses said he was stabbed repeatedly by a gang of teenagers and two people, a teenager, 17, who cannot be named and Mohammed Nadir Dafallah, 18, have been charged.

His sister Charice said: ‘You knew how much I loved you, my best friend, my right hand, my everything.

‘Words can’t even explain how heartbroken I am. The fact that I’ll never see you, hug you or hear your voice again kills me.’

Some 12 minutes later Eniola Aluka, 19, was shot repeatedly in the neck and chest in Plumstead, south east London, leading to the arrest of four teenage boys, aged 16 to 18, and a girl, 17. The girl and three of the boys have been released.

At 2pm on Saturday a man was stabbed in a field near a children’s nursery in Tower Hamlets, east London. Two men, 33 and 28, were arrested for murder.

The spate of attacks led to criticism of Sadiq Khan from Donald Trump, who called the London mayor a ‘disaster’.

Retweeting a post by right-wing commentator Katie Hopkins about the killings, the president said the capital needed a new mayor ‘ASAP’.

The original post by Hopkins called the capital ‘Stab-City’ and ‘Khan’s Londonistan’ alongside two screenshots of BBC News articles detailing the violence.

A City Hall spokesman said Mr Khan was focusing on supporting communities and he was ‘not going to waste his time’ responding to the president’s tweet.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matthew Twist, said: ‘Firstly, our thoughts are with all the victims’ families and friends who are facing the most devastating tragedy imaginable this weekend and indeed to their wider communities.

‘We made a significant number of arrests in relation to the three incidents and officers are undertaking further activities, following up additional investigative leads to ensure that we achieve justice for the families of those affected by violence in the last few days.

‘We have increased the coverage of the Violent Crime Task Force in targeted areas across London this weekend and officers from across the boroughs, supported by colleagues from specialist units, will continue to undertake high-visibility patrols which will remain in place today and into the start of the week.

‘We have been using a number of operational tactics in targeted locations, to prevent further violence and to provide reassurance to the communities in those areas.

‘The circumstances, causes and motives for any homicide or serious violence incident are different and unique, and require different investigative strategies and approaches.

‘But we are taking a service-wide response and all officers right across London continue to be relentless in our pursuit of those who bring violence to our communities.

‘The public also play a huge role in helping to both prevent and detect crime.’

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