A forensic tent has been spotted behind a police cordon on Lordship Lane in Tottenham, after an incident late on Friday night.
Footage shared on social media shows the white forensic tent standing along the road, with a cordon in place and multiple police vehicles in the area, their lights and sirens on.
Lordship Lane was closed by emergency services, who were on the scene through the night.
Police have since confirmed that a 21-year-old man was found with stab wounds on the road and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Metropolitan Police and the London Ambulance Service have been contacted for comment.
Update: police have since confirmed that a 21-year-old man died after being found with stab wounds on Lordship Lane on Friday evening.
Lordship Lane runs through the heart of Tottenham in the London Borough of Haringey, and a closure there cuts off one of the area’s main routes, with traffic diverted around the cordon while officers work.
It is not the first time the road has been closed off by police. Last month, a man was taken to hospital after an early-hours stabbing on the same road, in a separate incident on the morning of Saturday 10 October.
That stabbing happened just after 8.20am, with a crime scene established at the entrance to the Turnant Road junction off Lordship Lane. London Ambulance Service crews arrived in under six minutes, treated the man at the scene and took him to hospital as a priority. His condition was not disclosed, and the Metropolitan Police had not commented at the time.
When officers set up a cordon and a forensic tent, it usually means they are preserving a scene so specialist teams can examine it in detail. Roads stay closed while that work is carried out, and in some cases for several hours afterwards while evidence is gathered.
Anyone who was in the area late on Friday night, or who saw what happened, can pass information to police by calling 101, or contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Officers are expected to release further details once the scene has been examined and the circumstances of the incident are established, and the road will reopen once police work at the scene is complete.
Updated: 14 November 2026 at 12:33
