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A man who stabbed an 11-year-old girl in a horrifying attack in Leicester Square has been sentenced, after Met Police officers arrested him within just four minutes of the incident.
A 15-year-old boy has died after being stabbed on a busy Islington street on Tuesday, 9 December. Police and London’s air ambulance rushed to Westbourne Road at 13:02 after receiving reports of a stabbing. The teenager was treated by paramedics and taken to hospital, but tragically died later that afternoon.
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We are constantly told that knife crime in London is falling. Yet for people living here, watching the chaos unfold week after week, it feels like the opposite. For ordinary Londoners what they see isn’t improvement. What they see is police tape, flashing blue lights and yet another crime scene. In the capital a cordon has now become a grim symbol. It rarely stretches across a street for anything other than a stabbing and the only question that follows is whether the victim has survived.
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A quiet residential street in Elm Park erupted into chaos on Saturday night when a house party spiralled out of control, leaving a 16-year-old boy stabbed and multiple emergency services rushing to the scene.
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Residents in Elm Park were left shocked on Saturday night after reports of a stabbing and a series of suspected drug-related medical emergencies unfolded following a house party at the end of a residential road.
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Parts of Dagenham Heathway closed due to an incident.
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A man in his 20s has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed in Dagenham late on Monday night. Police are appealing for witnesses.
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A 43-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a woman in Hornchurch. Augustinas Druskis, 43 of
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Detectives are appealing for witnesses and information after a teenager was stabbed in Newham in a ‘horrific attack’.
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A Hornchurch pub was the scene of a double stabbing on Friday night (20 June).
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A man has been found in a hotel room with multiple stab wounds. The incident happened at a hotel on the A127, at 1am this morning.
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“We have been working to fight knife crime for years,” Sue told The Havering Daily. “Standing outside Number 10, City Hall—and no one listens to us. All of us bereaved mothers are tired.”
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A 17 year old boy has been stabbed on the Orchard Village Estate, in Rainham just after 10am this morning. It is believed an altercation took place between a group of youths, resulting in one being stabbed in the thigh.
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Two young men, aged 20 and 19, were hospitalized with non-life-threatening stab wounds after a double stabbing in Harold Hill. A suspect has been arrested, and police are seeking witnesses.
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A man is in critical condition after a stabbing in South Hornchurch on March 29. Police are investigating, with no arrests made, and officials confirm no link to a prior attack.
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Police arrest two youths in Havering in connection with the Elm Park knife attack on Saturday evening.
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After cornering him, Charles used two knives to stab Sean multiple times. During the trial, the court heard how Charles shouted “die, die, die” during the attack.
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Bereaved mother and anti knife crime campaigner Sue Hedges from the Ricky Hayden Memorial has spoken out in regards to the horrendous pain the family of murdered 14 year old Kelyan Bokassa now feel.
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A woman and two children have been taken to hospital after being stabbed on First Avenue in Dagenham at 5.35pm today.
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Officers and London’s Air Ambulance attended. The man, who is aged in his early 30s, was taken to hospital in a critical condition.
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