In Croydon at around 5pm a double stabbing took place in which two males aged: 16 years old and the other was 17 years old. Thankfully, neither of them suffered any life threatening/changing injuries.. They were taken t the hospital via an air ambulance. Police have not yet made any none arrested and are currently investigating the issue. Certain areas of the north end of Croydon and even within the centre were cordoned off by the police. However, the centre stayed open as normal until 7pm.
This case is similar to the fatal stabbing of 17 year old Aron Mali. As well as the four fatal deaths of teens occurred within the week consecutively: Devon Stapleton 20, was stabbed in Ellerton road Wandsworth on Easter Sunday, Tanesha Melbourne-Blake 17, does the day after a drive-by shooting in Tottenham, just 30 minutes after that Amaan Shakoor, 16 was shot in the face in Walkthamstow and died later in hospital and Israel Ogunsola, 18 was stabbed to death in Hackney, in which two 17 year olds have been arrested in suspicion of murder.
These acts of violence among the youth have been steadily growing as the months have passed by. Whether it be because of gang violence, or a simple disagreement or whatever the case is, it should not result in fatally injuring someone or attempting to. Something needs to be done, starting from the homes and within the family to schools and maybe increase the amount of extracurricular activities so as to keep youths of the streets more, and maybe decrease the amount of incidents. Some persons commented saying that the government should bring back national service, others said to bring more extracurricular activities while others said to put more police to patrol the streets. Hopefully, a solution to this problem is found soon before more lives are lost.
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