London's murder rate has overtaken New York City's for the first time ever as the twelfth person has been killed in just 19 days.
The murder epidemic continued on Sunday when a man in his twenties was fatally stabbed after leaving a bar in Wandsworth, marking the 12th person to be murdered in London in 19 days.
Police have launched the latest murder investigation in the death of the unnamed young man who was stabbed to death on Easter Sunday.
The victim's death comes as London's murder rates have overtaken New York City 's numbers for the first time ever.
The man's death on Sunday marks the 12th murder in London in 19 days, the 30th fatal stabbing and brings the grizzly death toll of murders to 44 since January 1.Lyndon Davis, 18, the youngest to have been killed in March, was found suffering from a single stab wound in Chadwell Heath, east London on March 14.Joseph Williams-Torres, 20, was killed the same evening as he sat in a stationary car in Essex Close, Walthamstow.
The university graduate, who was murdered in Dalston, east London, on Sunday, was awarded the National Police Bravery Award in July 2009.David Potter, 50, was found stabbed to death in a property on Tooting High Street on Monday 26.And an unnamed 23-year-old in Greenwich was killed on Thursday night, the final murder for the month of March.
Official figures show that 2017 was the worst year for knife deaths among young people since at least 2002.Forty-six people aged 25 or under were stabbed to death in London, up by 21 compared with the previous year, according to police figures.
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The murder epidemic continued on Sunday when a man in his twenties was fatally stabbed after leaving a bar in Wandsworth, marking the 12th person to be murdered in London in 19 days.
Police have launched the latest murder investigation in the death of the unnamed young man who was stabbed to death on Easter Sunday.
The victim's death comes as London's murder rates have overtaken New York City 's numbers for the first time ever.
The man's death on Sunday marks the 12th murder in London in 19 days, the 30th fatal stabbing and brings the grizzly death toll of murders to 44 since January 1.Lyndon Davis, 18, the youngest to have been killed in March, was found suffering from a single stab wound in Chadwell Heath, east London on March 14.Joseph Williams-Torres, 20, was killed the same evening as he sat in a stationary car in Essex Close, Walthamstow.
The university graduate, who was murdered in Dalston, east London, on Sunday, was awarded the National Police Bravery Award in July 2009.David Potter, 50, was found stabbed to death in a property on Tooting High Street on Monday 26.And an unnamed 23-year-old in Greenwich was killed on Thursday night, the final murder for the month of March.
Official figures show that 2017 was the worst year for knife deaths among young people since at least 2002.Forty-six people aged 25 or under were stabbed to death in London, up by 21 compared with the previous year, according to police figures.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5566689/London-murder-rate-overtakes-New-York-time-including-11-killings-just-16-days.html
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