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Residents of Ilford, East London, described seeing masked assailants arriving on bicycles for the targeted execution on Tuesday night.

“A number of people” were believed to be in an Ilford house where two men were shot dead, police say.

Messages of condolences have been shared to a drill rapper, who is understood to have been a victim in an Ilford shooting.

This is the first picture of the popular drill rapper shot dead by rivals as horrifying gang violence spilled out onto the streets of an East London suburb amid the Diwali celebrations late last night.

Shots fired in a fatal double shooting in east London were drowned out by Diwali fireworks, a resident said.

Shots fired in a fatal double shooting in east London were drowned out by Diwali fireworks, a resident said.

Shots fired in a fatal double shooting in east London were drowned out by Diwali fireworks, a resident said.

Shots fired in a fatal double shooting in east London were drowned out by Diwali fireworks, a resident said.

Shots fired in a fatal double shooting in east London were drowned out by Diwali fireworks, a resident said.

Shots fired in a fatal double shooting in east London were drowned out by Diwali fireworks, a resident said.