One man has died in hospital and another remains critically injured after Wanstead blazeA murder investigation has been launched after a tent was set alight in a suspected arson attack in east London. One of them died in hospital on Wednesday, while the other remains in a critical condition, Scotland Yard said. The London fire brigade said four fire engines and about 25 firefighters tackled the blaze, which completely destroyed a tent and damaged a large area of wasteland. The previous day, Giedrius Juskauskas, a Lithuanian national, was stabbed to death in Stratford, east London, in the early hours. On Saturday, Gleb Stanislavovitch Zhebrovsky was stabbed to death in Limehouse, east London, just before 2pm.

Source: The Guardian June 20, 2019 16:50 UTC