The 18-year-old was found with stab wounds in Newham at about 3.30pm on Monday
An 18-year-old male has died after being stabbed in east London, police have said.
Officers found the teenager with critical injuries to the south of West Ham Park in Newham at about 3.30pm on Monday. The London ambulance service was called but he was pronounced dead about an hour later.
Continue reading...Large police cordon in place and murder inquiry launched after latest attack in north-west London
A 16-year-old boy has died after a stabbing in north-west London.
The Metropolitan police were called to Munster Square in Camden, close to Regent’s Park, at about 11.10pm on Monday. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene, with paramedics in attendance.
Continue reading...Victim, aged 49, died at the scene in Widnes, say police
A man has died after being stabbed in an attack outside a Cheshire pub.
Police were called to reports of a serious assault near the Hammer and Pincers pub in Widnes at 3.20pm on Sunday. A 49-year-old man was found with serious stab wounds and died at the scene, police said.
Continue reading...Prime minister also announced creation of 10,000 more prison places at a cost of £2.5bn
Boris Johnson has said he is determined to tackle rising levels of knife crime by announcing an extension of police stop-and-search powers.
At the same time, the prime minister announced the government would be investing £2.5bn in creating 10,000 new prison places to ensure serious violent and sexual offenders got the sentence they deserved.
Continue reading...The government’s primary responsibility is to protect its citizens from harm (Ministers accused of dereliction of duty over youth crime ‘emergency’, 31 July). It is clear that government cuts to police, youth work and education have contributed to the upsurge in knife crime. It is also clear that it is still failing to meet its responsibility at every level, from offering help with parenting skills, to providing adequate well-funded schooling, to making sure that children who are excluded from regular classes do not just wander the streets, to providing employment for all 16- to 24-year-olds who need it, to correcting the inequality that pervades British society.
Maybe it is time that parents whose children have suffered from knife attacks should bring a class action legal case against government ministers for failing to discharge its responsibilities.
Dr Richard Lawson
Churchill, Somerset
Teenager’s parents say they will take ‘legal steps’ after suspect in stabbing found not guilty
The family of a teenage boy who was fatally stabbed have spoken of their devastation and said they will “take legal steps” after a teenager was found not guilty of his murder.
A 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named, had been accused of killing his friend Yousef Makki, 17, during an argument in an affluent suburb of Cheshire.
Continue reading...Individual liability removed but duty requires police, councils and NHS to work together to tackle violence
A new legal duty on public health bodies in England to tackle serious violence, including knife crime, must be backed by cash if it is to be effective, organisations have warned.
The public health duty, requiring bodies to share data, intelligence and knowledge, will be announced by the government this week, following the conclusion of an eight-week consultation.
Continue reading...Lib Peck insists tactics are succeeding despite Londoners ‘feeling powerless’ over crime
The head of London’s newly formed violence reduction unit has said Londoners feel powerless about levels of street crime but insisted that increased use of stop and search powers had been successful.
Lib Peck, the former leader of Lambeth council who was appointed to the role in January, made the comments while on a two-day fact-finding trip to Glasgow, visiting some of the Scottish unit’s key projects and meeting senior officials.
Continue reading...Cressida Dick says more officers and rise in stop and search had reduced stabbings and murders
The Metropolitan police commissioner, Cressida Dick, has hailed big falls in violent crime in London in the past year, with fights over drugs, predominantly cocaine, playing a key part in the rise in the number of stabbings and homicides in the capital.
Related: Criminals going unpunished because of cuts, says police chief
Continue reading...Northern Irish police call for witnesses to attack which left 15-year-old in critical condition
Police are calling for witnesses after a 15-year-old girl was stabbed in the neck in Lurgan, leaving her in a critical condition.
The incident happened around 9pm on Friday in the Deans Walk area of the County Armagh town, police said.
Continue reading...Relaxing of rules means police in England and Wales no longer need grounds for suspicion
Police in England and Wales are being given more power to stop and search people without “reasonable suspicion” in an attempt to tackle knife crime.
The home secretary, Sajid Javid, has announced he is making it easier for officers to impose a section 60 order, which allows them to search anyone in an area if serious violence is anticipated.
Continue reading...Paramedics unable to save Abdirashid Mohamoud, who police say was chased by a group of men
Residents in a block of flats in west London have spoken of their horror at seeing a teenager stabbed to death on Friday night.
The boy, named as 17-year-old Abdirashid Mohamoud, was discovered with stab injuries outside a block of flats in Isleworth at about 10.35pm.
Continue reading...Suspect, 28, taken to hospital after firearms officers attend domestic disturbance
A man has been shot by police responding to reports of a suspect “armed with knives and making threats to kill” in east London.
An officer was slashed during the incident in Hackney on Tuesday night, the Metropolitan Police said.
Continue reading...Police yet to make arrests after man, 29, dies on Fulham street
A man has has been stabbed to death in Fulham in south-west London.
Scotland Yard said officers were called to reports of a fight on Gowan Avenue close to Fulham Palace Road at 12.27am on Saturday.
Continue reading...Man, 44, reportedly undergoes emergency operation after attack with ‘large blade’
A Manchester United fan is being treated in hospital in France for a stabbing injury shortly after the English side knocked Paris Saint-Germain out of the Champions League on Wednesday evening.
The Foreign Office said it was in touch with the French authorities over the incident, with reports suggesting the man is undergoing emergency surgery.
Continue reading...Home secretary insists he will back chiefs despite cabinet clash with May
Sajid Javid has said the government must listen to police chiefs’ demand for more resources after they asked the home secretary for emergency cash to fund an immediate rise in the number of officers in England to tackle knife crime.
Javid met chief constables from seven of the areas worst affected by knife crime on Wednesday to discuss solutions to the problem, which has been described as a national emergency.
Continue reading...Five victims have died in London, three in Birmingham, one in Manchester and one in Sunderland
Ten teenagers have been killed in knife attacks in the first two months of 2019, according to a list compiled by the Guardian from media coverage and police press alerts.
Half the victims were in London, three died in Birmingham in just 12 days, and the other casualties were in Manchester and Sunderland.
Continue reading...Jodie Chesney was killed on Friday evening after stabbing in Harold Hill
A 17-year-old girl has been stabbed in east London, taking the death toll from homicides in the capital to 18 so far this year.
She was named by the Metropolitan police on Saturday night as Jodie Chesney.
Continue reading...A coalition of human rights groups is pressing the home secretary to scrap his new measures to tackle knife crime, branding them “deeply counterproductive”.
Sajid Javid’s knife crime prevention orders place a range of curbs and curfews on suspects, but groups working with young people including Liberty, the Runnymede Trust and the Children’s Society, say they have “profound human rights concerns”.
Continue reading...Tracking devices will be given to 100 people deemed likely to reoffend in four boroughs
Knife crime offenders in London will be tagged with tracking devices upon their release from prison in an attempt to reduce violence in the capital, the mayor has announced.
Those who have served custodial sentences for knife-related crimes such as possession, robbery, wounding, GBH and aggravated burglary will be subject to GPS tagging under a year-long pilot.
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