Knife-victims’ families tell of grief on soap

EastEnders is to screen accounts from those who have lost someone to knife crime.

A special episode will centre around the funeral of Shakil Kazemi and will be a first for the BBC soap.

Cameras will cut to real families who have suffered a death and they SOAP TRAUMA Harrowing scene as crying Shakil dies

will speak about what it feels like.

Executive consultant John Yorke said: “We started with research, and the more stories we heard the more we felt others should hear them too.

“The episode evolved into something unique for EastEnders – real families telling their own devastating stories.”