A teenage boy has been stabbed to death on one of the busiest shopping streets in Britain.
Amateur video footage given to Sky News by a viewer shows hundreds of people apparently watching as police and paramedics try to save the victim's life on London's Oxford Street.
The 18-year-old boy was attacked at around 1.45pm when the street was packed with thousands of people taking advantage of the Boxing Day sales.
The footage shows medical staff trying to revive the teenager by pressing down on his chest as he lies on the pavement.
Shouts of "I'm just trying to help him" can be heard as police push back youths to allow paramedics to treat the victim.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A second stabbing took place close to the junction of Oxford Street and Regent Street.
Three people were arrested but police were unable to say whether the two incidents were connected.
The first attack happened inside the Foot Locker sports shoes store on Oxford Street, sources said.
The Metropolitan Police say 11 arrests have been made in connection with the incident, but that enquiries were continuing.
Senior investigating officer Detective Chief Inspector Mark Dunne, from Homicide Command, said the murder had taken place at the "busiest place in the United Kingdom on the busiest shopping day".
He said it was still not clear whether the incident had happened inside or just outside the Foot Locker store.
He said: "A number of weapons have been recovered from that scene, whether I have got the murder weapon I don't know. There's an assortment of items but no guns.
"My officers and many other officers from the West End are looking to get as many witnesses as we possibly can and to get a full account of exactly why this happened."
Mr Dunne said it seemed that there had been a confrontation between two groups of youngsters and confirmed that "a number of people" had been arrested.
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