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A 21-year-old man has died after being stabbed at Notting Hill Carnival in London, BBC News reports.

Police had to pull the victim out of a huge crowd and provide emergency first aid until paramedics arrived.

The Metropolitan Police has launched a murder investigation and said hundreds of people were in the immediate vicinity at the time.

The victim was stabbed in Ladbroke Grove, under the Westway flyover, at about 20:00 BST on Monday. He later died in a west London hospital.

Dr Alison Heydari, commander of local policing, said: "The atmosphere over the past two days has been largely positive and good natured as Carnival should be.

"Regrettably, on Monday evening we saw a number of violent incidents and a 21-year-old man has lost his life.

"Our thoughts are with his family as they come to terms with their terrible loss."

She said homicide detectives would pursue every possible line of inquiry to identify those responsible and bring them to justice.