a 15 year old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death a teenager in croydon in south london last thursday. there was another fatal stabbing that evening, when a 16 year old boy was killed in hillingdon in west london. it brings to 30 the number of teenage homicides in london in 2021, surpassing the peak of 29 in 2008. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports from hillingdon. in 2021 s final days, paramedics tried to save two young lives. a 15 year old stabbed in a park in croydon, south london, and in hillingdon, west london, a 16 year old with a single stab wound in this green space. two new murder investigations and a record high for the number of teenage murders in one year. children are carrying knives because they feel like they need to protect themselves. and i m putting the message out there to every child, please, you need to
in a park in croydon, south london, and in hillingdon, west london, a 16 year old with a single stab wound in this green space. two new murder investigations and a record high for the number of teenage murders in one year. children are carrying knives because they feel like they need to protect themselves. and i m putting the message out there to every child, please, you need to understand the pain of parents and siblings that have lost somebody to murder. violent crime is falling, but not when it comes to young people murdered in london. more teenage victims than the previous high in 2008 can t be ignored. for some time, and today, police have blamed. the glorification of knives on social media, credibility and people cussing each other on social media. we re seeing it again and again and again. at the same time, we ve got changing drug markets and the emergence of county lines in the last few years that we re really focusing on. that s a type of drug dealing
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violent crime is falling, but not when it comes to young people murdered in london. more teenage victims than the previous high in 2008 can t be ignored. for some time, and today, police have blamed. the glorification of knives on social media, credibility and people cussing each other on social media. we re seeing it again and again and again. at the same time, we ve got changing drug markets and the emergence of county lines in the last few years that we re really focusing on. that s a type of drug dealing which drags vulnerable children into being involved. in hillingdon, people were worried about dealers using the parkland where the murder happened. this man didn t want to be identified. they re obviously trying to protect their little drug lines they ve got going on and all that sort of thing, yeah. it s a big worry. it is, i mean, i ve got children, you know? in croydon, a 16 year old s been arrested, and here
of murder, following the death a teenager in croydon in south london last thursday. there was another fatal stabbing that evening, when a 16 year old boy was killed in hillingdon in west london. it brings to 30 the number of teenage homicides in london in 2021, surpassing the peak of 29 in 2008. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports from hillingdon. in 2021 s final days, paramedics tried to save two young lives. a 15 year old stabbed in a park in croydon, south london, and in hillingdon, west london, a 16 year old with a single stab wound in this green space. two new murder investigations and a record high for the number of teenage murders in one year. children are carrying knives because they feel like they need to protect themselves. and i m putting the message out there to every child, please, you need to understand the pain of parents and siblings that have lost somebody to murder.