Knife gangs hit the Square

Eastenders is set for a shock double stabbing storyline as the soap explores knife crime and gang culture. Teenagers Keegan and Shakil are attacked and left with serious injuries as cops rush to break up a fight. The plot places the Kazemis and Taylors at the heart of the show when the boys are targeted. As the story unfolds the community struggles to come to terms with the gravity of the incidents. Eastenders worked alongside the show’s former actress Brooke Kinsella, who started the Ben Kinsella Trust after her brother was fatally stabbed in 2008. She said: “Stabbing someone isn’t a trivial act. It simply destroys lives forever.”