Knives are the most common weapon used in slayings in the U.K., where guns are tightly restricted. About 40 percent of murder victims were stabbed to death last year, while only 4 percent were shot.
Police forensic officers investigate the scene in east London where a 17-year-old girl was stabbed to death Friday night. The two 17-year-olds were stabbed to death on the same weekend in different parts of England, plunging friends and families into grief and igniting an intense political debate about why so many young people in Britain are being killed — and who is to blame.
"Of course there's a link between youth centers having massive cuts, mental health services having massive cuts, schools having massive cuts, children's services having massive cuts and young people having less constructive things to do," said London Mayor"The government needs to wake up, reverse these cuts to our police — but also our preventative services too," he toldThe government denies that austerity is to blame.
Experts say rising crime can't be blamed solely on government cuts. Police and community workers say the surge in violence is partly driven by battles over control of the illegal drug trade. Social media plays a role in escalating disputes from online threats into real-life violence. A 17-year-old boy was charged Tuesday with murder in the death of Yousef, who was stabbed in the street Saturday in a wealthy commuter village on the edge of Manchester. Another 17-year-old was charged with assisting in the killing. Neither can be named for legal reasons because of their ages.
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