Police are investigating the murder of a man, formally identified as 23-year-old Surjeet Singh, near Southall Park on Monday night.

A large fight broke out at a fairground in Southall Park on Monday night at around 9 pm and the Police were called.

Surjeet, who had been stabbed in the neck, was found in nearby Green Drive. Paramedics treated him but he was pronounced dead at the scene shortly before 10pm.

A 25-year-old man was found nearby with a stab wound in his armpit. He was treated in hospital and discharged.

A third man, aged 32, was found in the park with a stab wound on his arm. He was also treated in hospital and discharged. Both men were later arrested along with 4 other suspects.

Later a seventh man, aged 28, was arrested in connection with the murder. Of the six men arrested previously, two have been bailed pending further enquiries- the other four remain in custody.

Detective Chief Inspector Russell Taylor leading the investigation said: "This was a large fight at a fairground in Southall Park and many people would have witnessed the attack as well as the aftermath."

"I would urge those people to contact officers so that we can piece together the events that led up to this murder."

Emily Wilson, from Bob Wilson's Funfairs, said she only realised there had been a fight when she saw a man lying near the park gate.

She said: "It did not happen in the funfair area. The first we knew of anything at all was when, unfortunately, there was a guy lying at the back of the funfair by the gate and he had been stabbed."

Bob Wilson's Funfairs has run the fairground in Southall Park for 40 years.

Police have urged witnesses to come forward.