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Knife Crime


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  • 2 years later...

One dead. Nine injured. Welcome to Croydon.

 

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-england-london-55959214

 

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One man has died and at least nine others have been injured in a spate of stabbings in south London. 

 

Police were called to five reports of stabbings in Croydon on Friday evening. 

 

There is no information at this stage to suggest the incidents are all linked, the Metropolitan Police said. 

 

A Section 60 Order granting additional stop and search powers was in place across Croydon on Saturday morning, the force said in a statement.

 

Police were called to five incidents of serious violence between shortly before 19:00 GMT and just after 21:00 on Friday.

 

One man was pronounced dead at the scene at Wisbeach Road, Croydon, while another man was also taken to hospital.

 

Two other men suffered life-threatening injuries and two people were arrested in separate incidents.

 

Speaking on Friday night, Det Supt Nicky Arrowsmith said the city had seen "a number of needless and completely abhorrent violent altercations, including one that has tragically resulted in a loss of life".

 

She said teams from the Violent Crime Taskforce and Territorial Support Group had been deployed to help "deter and prevent any further violence".

 

The force has urged anyone with information to contact officers or anonymously through Crimestoppers. 

 

Labour MP for Croydon North Steve Reed said in a tweet that the "absolutely horrific news" would "devastate our community". 

 

He added his thoughts were with those who had been injured and the police and medical staff dealing with the situation.

 

 

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6 minutes ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

Yes. The shocking level of deaths amongst young black men in the UK seems to be met with a weary shrug but if it happens to a bloke in the US live on the telly, there is global outrage. 

Only if it is during an arrest. Lots of innocent people killed over there by stray bullets and stuff. They never make national news

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26 minutes ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

Yes. The shocking level of deaths amongst young black men in the UK seems to be met with a weary shrug but if it happens to a bloke in the US live on the telly, there is global outrage. 

Incomparable. 

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17 minutes ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

Yes good point but it does beg the question why there isn't more outrage about the deaths of young mainly black men in the UK. Some of these dead kids are in their early teens but it barely makes the national news anymore. I think the level of the knife crime among young men in the UK is one of the biggest issues facing our country. Despite some of the toughest sentences in Europe (25 years time served before parole), nothing seems to deter teenagers/young men (of all races) from regularly killing each other in fights. There will be at least a dozen more in London alone this summer, probably more if the weather gets warmer or England progress in the Euros. 

Its a difficult problem to solve. In many communities it seems like ,no matter who stabbed who , its a bigger crime to tell the police anything that would lead to an arrest. To stamp it out the community has to be involved although I dont know how it would be set up. Growing up in Huyton, many years ago now, you never saw knives. The kids there now have knives and guns.  

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