Police have launched a murder investigation after a 50-year-old man was stabbed to death in a block of flats in a horrifying attack.

Emergency services raced to the scene in the early hours of Friday morning after reports of the knife attack on Chapel Road in Ilford, east London.

He was pronounced dead at around 1.30am, despite the best efforts of emergency services.

Three men, aged 40, 36 and 28, were arrested shortly after on suspicion of murder.

A police cordon remains in place just moments from the nearby Ilford Elizabeth line station, while forensic officers have been spotted at the scene this afternoon.

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