Police presence at one of the stabbing scenes |
According to developing reports, six teenagers were stabbed in less than ninety minutes last night with the youngest victim a 13-year-old at Newham, east London. Who in their right mind would do sh*t like that?!
The Scotland Yard has requested support from City of London police to help with the caseload.
Prior to the stabbing of the unnamed 13-year-old, two 15-year-olds were stabbed at Grove Road, Mile End, east London.
Knife crime in England and Wales is at all-time high since 2010/2011.
Another random stabbing scene |
Met's former head of diversity and head of policing in Tottenham, Victor Olisa, told the Guardian:
"It appears to people I have spoken to as though the police have lost control of public spaces and the streets.
"The silence from senior officers in the Met is deafening."The stabbings were carried out as protesters rallied in Hackney demanding an end to gang violence.
The protest was held close to where 18-year-old Israel Ogunsola was stabbed to death on Wednesday evening.
Two 17-year-old suspects have been arrested in connection to the murder as investigation is still on-going.
A 15-year-old boy was found stabbed in East India Dock Road, Poplar, east London earlier Thursday.
Another boy in his late teen was reportedly stabbed at Ealing Broadway, west London.
The attacks on Thursday is believed to be a reprisal after a boy in his twenties was stabbed at Billet Road, Walthamstow.
A suspect was picked up over the murder of a 53-year-old who was knifed outside a bookmakers in Hackney on Wednesday afternoon.
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan condemned the killings on the streets of London and also criticized the government of cuts to the policing budget.
He said:
"Of course it concerns me, I think one murder is one too many."
"Since 2014 we have seen an increase in violent crime in London and across the country."
"Already in the last seven years we have lost £700 million from the policing budget. Over the next three years the Government plans to cut another £300 million. That's a billion pounds worth of cuts."
"So my message to the Government is please work with us to solve this national problem."
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