A man remains in police custody after a 25-year-old was stabbed to death in Croydon High Street.

Police were called to the High Street at 2am, and found two men with stab wounds.

One was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was taken to hospital where he remains in a stable condition.

A man has been arrested in connection with the stabbings and is at south London police station.

Investigating officers have cordoned off a section of the High Street.

A police forensic tent has been set up outside the Ship pub as detectives and forensic officers carry out their investigations.

It is not yet clear whether the stabbing occurred inside the pub, or on the street outside.

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