The knife crime epidemic in London, where 11 teenagers have been stabbed to death since the beginning of the year, should be treated as a ‘mental health’ issue, Labour’s Chuka Umunna has said.
Children as young as six are carrying knives as weapons on some housing estates in London, the city’s Police Commissioner has heard. At a meeting attended by relatives of knife crime and youth workers in Putney, south west London, Cressida
A knife-wielding 61-year-old man has been arrested in North London, after apparently threatening Jewish individuals in the Stamford Hill area.
A manhunt is underway for a Polish man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death in London. Two other people suffered minor injuries in the attack. Police and ambulance units were called to Dora Street, Mile End in London’s east
London’s schools are being urged by police to install metal detectors at their gates to help combat knife crime, as the number of under-25-year-olds stabbed to death in the capital this year reaches 17. Attacks with bladed weapons rose by
An Australian robot known as the “stabbing machine” is helping forensic experts to study the different factors and variables of violent knife crime.
Violent crime in England and Wales has shot up by 24 per cent. In the 12 months to June, murder was up 20 per cent, knife crime 9 per cent, and gun crime surged 7 per cent, according to police recorded crime figures.
