4 h. ago Family of stabbing victim vow he will not be another knife crime statistic

Greater Manchester Police said another 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody for questioning.

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7 h. ago Boy, 15, 'murdered' in broad daylight Moss Side stabbing pictured

Mohanad Abdullaahi Goobe, 15, was stabbed to death in Manchester on Monday afternoon and his devastated family have now paid an emotional tribute to the teenager

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8 h. ago Boy, 15, stabbed in south Manchester named and pictured as family pay heartbreaking tribute

The family of Mohanad Goobe said they will "not allow his name to be known as yet another statistic in the rise of knife crime"

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41 h. ago Metropolitan Police officers 'should be armed with guns' amid soaring knife crime, confidential report advises

The internal document said the force should consider arming staff from basic command units with semi-automatic pistols to protect them from violent criminals

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5 d. ago Heartbroken family break silence after Ukraine refugee stabbed to death on train

Iryna Zarutska had fled her home country leaving her family behind after Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops to invade on February 24, 2022.

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5 d. ago ‘Heartbroken’ family of Ukraine refugee stabbed to death on train break silence

Speaking publicly her family said that her death was “the most horrific way” to lose a life. “We are heartbroken beyond words,” they added in a statement following the horriffic stabbing

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6 d. ago Family of Ukrainian refugee stabbed by repeat offender on train break their silence

Decarlos Brown Jr has been charged with the murder of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, who was fatally stabbed on a commuter train in Charlotte, North Carolina, after fleeing the warzone in Ukraine

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6 d. ago Iryna Zarutska’s family demand justice and public safety reform following her killing on train: ‘We are heartbroken beyond words’

Decarlos Brown Jr is accused of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system and could face the death penalty if found guilty

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7 d. ago Harry urges others to ‘step up’ as he donates £1.1 million to Children in Need

The Duke of Sussex spent his second day in the UK highlighting the issue of knife crime.

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9 d. ago Canning Town stabbing murder: Raish Ahmed's family speaks out

Canning Town stabbing murder: Raish Ahmed's family speaks out  BBC

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1 week ago Ministers quietly abandon zero tolerance knife policy despite wave of youth crime

SUNDAY MAIL INVESTIGATION: In the last three years alone, 915 cases of children caught with knives or other offensive weapons have been referred to the children’s reporter.

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1 week ago Met Police piloting video screens amid anger over axing of half its front desks in London

Scotland Yard forced to cut services as epidemic of knife crime, mobile phone snatches and shoplifting spirals

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1 week ago First pic of man who died in Edinburgh 'stabbing' as family pay tribute to 'life and soul'

John McNab was hailed as "one in a million" and "the loveliest boy ever" after news of his death broke on social media.

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1 week ago Streeting says hate speech laws are having ‘unintended consequences’ after arrest of Father Ted writer – UK politics live

Health secretary says government needs to balance legislation so police are ‘not just policing tweets’ following detention of Graham Linehan over posts on transgender issuesAt the Downing Street lobby briefing yesterday the PM’s spokesperson was reluctant to comment directly on the arrest of Graham Linehan. But he did say that Keir Starmer thought the police should be focusing on “antisocial behaviour, shoplifting, street crime, as well as reducing serious violent crimes like knife crime and violence against women”. The Daily Telegraph has interepreted that as an attack on the Met.Wes Streeting, the health secretary, was on the media round this morning and in some respects he adopted the same line. Asked about the arrest, he told Times Radio:I think the prime minister and the home secretary have been very clear that with the law and order challenges we’ve got in our country, we want to see people being kept safe by policing streets, not just policing tweets.One thing I would say, be...

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2 w. ago Florida State linebacker Ethan Pritchard in intensive care after being shot

Player was shot inside car while visiting familyFreshman listed as in critical but stable condition A Florida State linebacker is in critical but stable condition after being shot while visiting family, the Seminoles said on Monday.Ethan Pritchard, a freshman from Sanford, Florida, was in intensive care at a Tallahassee-area hospital. He was shot Sunday evening while inside a vehicle outside apartments in Havana, about 15 miles northwest of Tallahassee, according to the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Man stabbed to death in Manchester was ‘deeply loved son and father’, family say

Kailem Reece Gibson died in hospital on Saturday after the incident in Newton Heath.

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2 w. ago Teen who stabbed man after smashing Trafford family's window spared jail

Luke Ryan, 19, was handed a suspended sentence

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3 w. ago Notting Hill Carnival sees drop in serious violence despite Met Police making 528 arrests

Facial recognition software helped police make 61 arrests, including a suspect who allegedly stabbed someone five times with a machete

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4 w. ago Teenager killed in Islington knife attack fled scene on moped, court hears

Deonte Mowatt-Slater was found dying in Islington, north London, in the early hours of October 22 last year

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