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A man in his 20s is fighting for life after being shot multiple times outside his home in Brent, north-west London, at around 8.30pm on Thursday night.

An unnamed eyewitness claimed the attacker used to “machine gun” to fire at hail of bullets at the victim in Lawrence Avenue, according to the Evening Standard.

The man, who was treated at the scene before being rushed to hospital in a critical condition, was shot at least eight times, the witness claims.

Police found another man in his 20s with critical stabbing injuries just two hours later about a mile away in Rainborough Close.

Scotland Yard is investigating whether there is a link between the two attacks.

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However, the Met Police said there was “no information” to verify eyewitness accounts that a machine gun had been used in the attack.

Another two men are also in hospital after separate knife attacks in London on Thursday and into the early hours of Friday.

A 23-year-old man stabbed in Deptford and a 30-year-old man found with stab injuries in the Old Kent Road have been taken to hopsital for treatment.

The spate of horrific violence comes as the capital struggles to come to terms with a rise in knife and gun crime that has prompted 70 murder investigations in 2018.

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A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman told Daily Star Online no arrests have been made in connection with the shooting at this stage.

The spokeswoman added: “Police were called by the London Ambulance Service to reports of a man with gunshot injuries on Lawrence Avenue.

“A man, aged 24, has been taken to a central London hospital with injuries and is in a life-threatening condition."

The victim's condition remained critical when Daily Star Online asked the Met Police at about 6.45am on Friday.

A police cordon was put in place shortly after officers attended.

Footage and pictures taken at the scene showed crowds gathering around police cars and ambulances.

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One witness claimed they heard as many as 17 gun shots being fired in the quiet residential street.

They wrote on Twitter: "Heard shots all the way from north side Stonebridge as they were fired I counted about 17 shots. Absolute madness!!! Enough is enough!!!"

Speaking to the Evening Standard, a resident said: "Apparently a car pulled up alongside him while he was sitting in his car and he was shot eight times.

“We think it was a machine gun as it happened quickly. Someone saw him holding his neck."

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One witnesses took to Twitter where he appeared to call on London Mayor Sadiq Khan to act.

Mohamed Donayaliqe said: “@Sadiq Khan, No more tragedy…these is epidemic (sic).”

The spree of violence continued on Friday, with the fatal stabbing of a woman in Brent taking the total number of murder investigations in London to 70.

Juts hours later a couple were rushed to hospital with stab wounds after trying to stop a robbery in Rotherhithe.

London has been gripped by a series of violent crimes since January.

Additional stop-and-search powers have been granted to police to try and reduce the number of shootings and stabbings.