STAB RISK ON SCHOOL RUN
CHILDREN are most at risk of being stabbed on their way home from school as police struggle to deal with teen gang knifings.
Drill rapper JaySav, 16, became the fifth person to be knifed to death in London in just six days and the 122nd murdered in the city this year.
A study showed stabbings spike between 4pm and 6pm on school days. Nearly half the knife injuries among youngsters happened between one and three miles from home.
Researchers said that given their findings, published in the British Medical Journal, police should consider having a visible presence in areas children congregate after school.
Professor Karim Brohi, consultant trauma surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust, said: “This work shows that children and young people in London are at risk simply due to where they live and
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THERE were 100,000 reports of stolen bikes dealt with by forces in England and Wales last year, up 5.5% on the year before. London’s Met Police, had the most – 20,332.
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go to school. A longterm multi-agency and community approach is needed if we are to change the culture of violence that now permeates deprived areas of London.”
JaySav, whose real name is John, was found with multiple stab wounds in the street in Tulse Hill, south London, following reports of gunfire at 10.50pm on Monday.
Police said a murder investigation was under way.