The Southwark area is a tourist destination where violent crime is rare. Police said a man was detained in connection with the attacks

Two men were stabbed to death at a business in central London on Monday near Tower Bridge, British police said, a major tourist destination and an area where violent crime is rare.

Police received reports of multiple assaults at the premises in a narrow road close to the bridge in the London borough of Southwark, according to a police statement.

A 58-year-old man died at the scene and a 27-year-old man died at hospital, and a murder investigation has been launched, police said.

A third victim, a man in his 30s, remained in hospital with non-lethal injuries.