Two boys have been stabbed to dying inside an hour of one another on Thursday, police have confirmed, making 2021 the bloodiest yr on document for teen homicides in London
A 16-year-old boy was fatally wounded at Philpot’s Farm Yiewsley, west London, and was pronounced lifeless at 8.25pm.
It adopted the deadly stabbing of a 15-year-old boy in Ashburton Park, Croydon south London, who was pronounced lifeless at 7.36pm.
Police exercise at Ashburton Park, Croydon, south London after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed to dying on Thursday (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
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The Metropolitan Police stated it was too early to say whether or not the 2 incidents, greater than 20 miles aside, have been linked.
The double tragedy brings the overall variety of teenage killings within the capital in a calendar yr to 30 – passing a earlier peak of 29, set in 2008.
The 2 homicide investigations will once more immediate dialogue in regards to the attainable causes of youth violence, with specialists suggesting this features a rise within the variety of youngsters who’re susceptible, elevated stress on providers akin to policing, and social media fuelling battle.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan stated he was “devastated” by the double tragedy, and that the police are “doing every part attainable to deliver these accountable to justice”.
He stated: “I refuse to simply accept that the lack of younger lives is inevitable and can proceed to be relentless in taking the daring motion wanted to place an finish to violence in our metropolis.”
Scotland Yard stated police have been referred to as to the Croydon stabbing shortly after 7pm.
Paramedic gear on the bottom at Ashburton Park, Croydon (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
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They gave first help to the boy earlier than the ambulance service arrived however he was pronounced lifeless a short while later.
Police have been referred to as to the stabbing in Yiewsley shortly after 7.30pm, the place they discovered the 16-year-old sufferer affected by a puncture wound.
He was additionally declared lifeless on the scene.
The victims’ members of the family have been knowledgeable however neither boy has been formally recognized, Scotland Yard stated.
Put up-mortem examinations will probably be held later.
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