Three men are in custody following the incident in Halifax town centre.
Police and forensic officers outside The Victoria Theatre near the scene of a triple stabbing in Commercial StreetOfficers were called to Commercial Street in the early hours of Sunday after reports the men had been assaulted, West Yorkshire Police said.
A 21-year-old died shortly afterwards in hospital and police said a 19-year-old had also died on Sunday evening. Three men, two aged 18 and one aged 19, have been arrested in connection with the incident and a murder investigation has been launched.Det Ch Insp Matt Holdsworth said specialist officers were supporting the families of both men who died.
He said police were "determined to get answers for them and ensure that the person or people responsible are made to face justice for their actions". "I understand people locally will be rightly concerned and I want to reassure people that we are doing everything we can to investigate all possible lines of enquiry to understand the full circumstances of what took place," he said.
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