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Maidstone High Street murder: Video of night of violence

By: Alan Smith ajsmith@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 13:11, 25 August 2019

Updated: 13:31, 25 August 2019

A video showing the tensions in Maidstone High Street last night - on the evening one man was killed and four others injured - has been circulating on social media.

The footage shows a large number of people milling around in Jubilee Square and fights breaking out.

Moments later a man lay stabbed and dying on the pavement and four others were injured and required hospital treatment.

Police have launched a murder inquiry and four men arrested at the scene are still in custody.

The incident happened at around 3am this morning.

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Jubilee Square and the upper end of the High Street remain cordoned off this afternoon.

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