{"id":3003,"date":"2026-02-15T21:27:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T21:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2026-02-15T21:27:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T21:27:49","slug":"two-men-and-a-woman-arrested-after-man-in-his-20s-stabbed-to-death-in-valley-retail-park-in-croydon-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=3003","title":{"rendered":"Two men and a woman arrested after man in his 20s stabbed to death in Valley Retail Park in Croydon | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/26\/02\/1920x1080\/skynews-hesterman-way-croydon_7166025.jpg?20260215195926\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Two men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man in his 20s  was stabbed to death in a south London retail park.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called to reports of a stabbing in Hesterman Way, Croydon, at around 1.15am on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Metropolitan Police officers and the London Ambulance Service found three men with stab wounds at the scene at the Valley Retail Park.<\/p>\n<p>A 22-year-old man died after being taken to hospital, the force said, adding that his next of kin were being supported by specialist officers.<\/p>\n<p>Two other men, both aged 21, were also taken to hospital and have both since been arrested on suspicion of affray.<\/p>\n<p>One, whose injuries are believed to be life-threatening, is still there, while the other is now in police custody.<\/p>\n<p>Two women, both aged 25, and a 28-year-old man, were arrested on suspicion of murder on Sunday and remain in police custody.<\/p>\n<p>Two further women, aged 21 and 22, have been arrested on suspicion of affray.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old woman has been bailed while inquiries continue and the 22-year-old woman remains in police custody.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Chief Inspector Alex Gammampila, who is leading the Met investigation, urged anyone with information to come forward.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;Our thoughts remain with the victim&#8217;s family at this hugely difficult time. We cannot begin to imagine what they are going through.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We understand that this incident will be distressing to the local community. My officers continue to work at pace to unpick the events that unfolded and to apprehend those responsible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/two-men-and-a-woman-arrested-after-man-in-his-20s-stabbed-to-death-in-valley-retail-park-in-croydon-13508035\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man in his 20s was stabbed to death in a south London&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}