Posted on 01/08/2024 7:39:26 AM PST by yesthatjallen
More teenage homicides were recorded in London last year than in 2022 after 21 teenagers were killed.
Of those who died, 18 teenagers were stabbed, two were shot and one was killed after his moped was hit by a car.
The number is up on 2022, when 14 teenage homicides were recorded, but lower than the peak of 30 in 2021.
It follows the death of 16-year-old Harry Pitman, who became the last teenage homicide victim in 2023.
He was stabbed and killed on New Year's Eve in Primrose Hill, Camden, as he visited the park with friends to see in the new year watching the capital's fireworks.
In Croydon, the fatal stabbing of Elianne Andam shocked the community after the 15-year-old girl was stabbed on her way to school on 27 September.
It prompted mass mourning and teenage girls taking part in a BBC London knife crime discussion said they felt "more vulnerable on the streets" afterwards.
Cmdr Owain Richards from the Metropolitan Police said the force was "working hard to prevent violent crime".
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The fruits of American Gangsta Culture spreading across the globe.
“two were shot”
over the course of an entire year
huge difference between london and the us
Yeah, it was probably worse then that this weekend in Shitcago..
The faces of the capital of the UK.
Chicago had 71 teens killed in 2022 with 2,697,000 million people
London had 21 teens killed with 9,648,000 million people.
They need to pump up those numbers.
Glad I saw the world when I did. Countries are destroying themselves with forced diversity.
In America, the pre-teens are still taking each other out.
You gotta keep 'em separated.
England has MAGA, the NRA, and too many guns? Gee, I thought...
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