A 22-year-old killed in south London during a spate of stabbings in the capital last weekend has been named as Lavaun Witter. He was one of two men stabbed to death in eight unconnected stabbings over 24 hours, which started on Friday evening. The other man to die, Sven Badzak, also 22, was chased by a group and knifed to death in Kilburn on Saturday afternoon. The Metropolitan police and paramedics were called to a property in Wisbeach Road, Croydon, just after 8pm on Friday, where Witter died at the scene. No arrests have been made in connection with the death. His family said in a statement that they had been left “absolutely devastated”, adding: “No one could have seen this coming. Lavaun was destined for greatness and he wanted to fly high. He just wanted to have a good life and to take care of his family. “Everyone who knows him will remember him as a legend. We are all absolutely traumatised. We don’t know how we are going to go on. It is just too painful.” Det Ch Insp Kate Kieran, from Specialist Crime South, appealed for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. She said: “Someone knows who did this and I would urge anyone who saw or heard anything shortly after 8pm on Friday evening to come forward, no matter how insignificant you think your information might be, it could help us piece together what happened.” Witter’s death was one of five such incidents reported in the area between 6.56pm and 9.12pm on Friday. At 11.20am on Saturday, a man in his 20s was stabbed in Coulsdon, south London, then shortly after 3pm police were called to a stabbing of a 24-year-old near West Croydon station. Then, at around 5.30pm on Saturday, Badzak and a 16-year-old friend were set upon by a group in Kilburn, north-west London. Badzak, who was working for his father’s construction company and hoped to do a law conversion course, was waiting outside a bagel shop when the pair were attacked. Both were taken to hospital. Badzak died and his friend remains in a stable condition. A 19-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday and a 17-year-old was held on Tuesday, both on suspicion of murder in relation to the case. The victim’s mother, Jasna Badzak, has called on the prime minister and other politicians to help her to get justice for her son.