A 21-year-old man from Clacton has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
He was arrested by police in the town at 11.40am following an incident in Clacton late last night.
One man, named locally as James Gregoire, died after being stabbed in the town centre following an altercation in a flat in HIgh Street.
Two others were injured during the incident, one seriously.
Much of Clacton town centre has been cordoned off while detectives investigate the death of a man, having been called just before 11.45pm last night.
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