Teenager stabbed to death in gang fight

A police officer stands behind police tape in a file photo.

LONDON (Reuters) - A teenager was stabbed to death during a gang fight in a bar in the early hours of Saturday that left three other men with serious stab wounds, police said.

The 18-year-old was fatally wounded during the "large disturbance" at the Metro Bar in Station Road, Sidcup, Kent, Scotland Yard said.

A 21-year-old was stabbed in the neck, a 16-year-old in the chest and a third man, aged in his late teens or early 20s, sustained stab wounds to his hand.

All of the injuries are "serious" but not life threatening, police said in a statement.

A fifth man, 21, was taken to hospital suffering facial injuries. He was later discharged, and has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Knife crime has blighted London in recent months.

Earlier this month, a man was knifed to death on Oxford Street, one of the busiest shopping areas in the country, and 16-year-old Jimmy Mizen died after his throat was slashed after declining to become involved in a fight with a man in a bakery.

(Reporting by Jennifer Hill; Editing by David Clarke)