My my mum came out into the room. She was panicking. She said there were police downstairs. The woman was, like, sorry to tell you but someone has died. This 18yearold suffered 21 stab wounds. I kept saying, is it true . She was, like, iam 21 stab wounds. I kept saying, is it true . She was, like, i am sorry to tell you, it is. His brother has asked us not to show his face. At the same time, my mother was in shock. She went upstairs, prayed straightaway. I will never forget that in my life. Having to break the news to my mum. This photograph, taken by their mother, has now become synonymous with knife crime. When was that taken then . It was taken about three years ago, on eid day. Mum took a picture of us both before we went out. He always used to have a smile on his face. You know what mums are like, they want to show off their sons. Fahad was the third young man from the city to die because of knife crime in a year. Incidents involving knife crime have risen by 90 in south wales in
Now on bbc news, with knife crime reaching record levels in wales, wyre davies looks at the impact it is having on our streets. A Murder Investigation is under way following the death of a man and cardiff this morning. Officers were called to a lay near the Cardiff University Students Union following reports a man was stabbed. It was taken to hospital where he died from his injuries. Stabbed. It was taken to hospital where he died from his injuriesm was six in the morning. They were sleeping. My mum came into the room. She wasjust sleeping. My mum came into the room. She was just panicking. Sleeping. My mum came into the room. She wasjust panicking. I dont know what she was panicking for. She said there police downstairs. She speak english. She said i dont know what they are saying, dont understand them. Can you help me . One of the women said i dont know had to tell you, but your brother has died. The 18 year old suffered 21 stab wounds. Id just kept on saying is this true . Are you s
Risk than if you dont. A report comes in of a fight a few streets away. Sierra papa 112 to the rest of the team, we are attending this. But for operation sceptre, the big challenge is tackling knife crime fuelled by so called county lines drugs gangs from other parts of the country. Because of the tensions between the different rival gangs, we have had a number of stabbings and stuff. Now what we are finding is a lot of users carrying as well because they are scared of being robbed. They know young teenagers in the city are being drawn into that world. They have even found weapons in playgrounds. We have done knife sweeps in the area where we have actually recovered knives which have been hidden. These are your typical potential drug runners that the county lines are using. And we met a 15 year old who says he has just done that. He has worked for county lines gangs and local dealers selling drugs and hiding knives around the city. He has agreed to speak to us anonymously. You know, if