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.
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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.
Continue reading...Witnesses describe how teenager’s moped was hit by black Mercedes before he was stabbed by three men
The murder of a 14-year-old boy who was hit by a car and stabbed in east London was a targeted attack, police have said.
Scotland Yard said the boy was riding a moped in Leyton when the collision happened. Three men got out of the car and stabbed him before driving off. The car is thought to have been a black Mercedes B-Class that sustained extensive frontal damage.
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