Is Britain becoming

BRITAIN is fast becoming “immune” to murders because so many are happening across the country, experts have warned.

Reports of murder and serious violence on our streets on an almost daily basis mean people now see it as “normal”, criminologists and former detectives fear.

Last week, Britain saw another spate of murders and violence, fuelled by the loosening of lockdown and centered on London.

There were seven killings in the capital in as many days, prompting the Metropolitan Police to put armed officers on the streets this weekend in an effort to stem the attacks and reassure the public.

The most recent attack came just after 5am on Friday, when a man in his 30s was brought into North Middlesex Hospital, in Edmonton, with what turned out to be a fatal stab wound.

That was just over six hours after a man in his mid-30s, who was stabbed in Kilburn on Thursday, died in hospital.

In the early hours of Thursday, after reports of gunshots, a man in his 20s was found with a fatal injury in Brent.

Meanwhile, Ahmed Yasin-ali, 18, died in the early hours of

Wednesday after being stabbed in Maida Hill,westminster.

Mixed martial arts champion Jahreau Shepherd was knifed to death as he celebrated his 30th birthday with his family in Kennington last Sunday.

Dean Edwards, 43, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the back of the head in Penge, south London, on Sunday. And Muhammed Samir Uddin, 19, died after a knife attack at Crossharbour DLR station in Poplar, east London on Friday, July 10. The Met’s Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Lucy D’orsi, said: “The past week has seen a number of people who have needlessly lost their lives at the hands of violent criminals.

“Any number of murders is too many but we are very concerned by the recent increase.

“Our officers will be very visible this weekend and will be engaging with the communities they serve to help keep them safe.” A Met spokesman confirmed: “Resources from a wide range of units – including our violent crime task force, Trident and armed officers – will be alongside local officers, including the Met’s new violence suppression units.”

There were also three murders in thewest Midlands last week.

On Wednesday, saxophone player and restaurant worker Colton Bryan, in his 20s, was stabbed to death in a maisonette in Redditch.

Paulius Petrasiunas, 24, from Wolverhampton, was killed in a machete attack in the city on Monday afternoon.

And Kerry Woolley, 38, from Solihull, was found with fatal injuries to her neck in her flat last Sunday. Ian Bennett, 37, was charged with her murder.

Criminologist Jane Monktonsmith said: “If people see all these reports all the time it becomes normal and the shock and outrage disappear. People can’t be shocked every day.

“Others internalise it and become depressed because they feel there is nothing they can do and nothing society can do, and

‘People are no longer shocked’