‘Croydon – this has to stop’: Community unites to rid itself of being ‘London’s knife crime capital’ | UK News

A total of 30 teenage homicides occurred in London in 2021

19 January: Anas Mezenner, 17, found with stab wounds in West Green Road, Haringey.

25 January: Romario Opia, 15, was found stabbed in Holland Walk, Islington.

11 February: Hani Solomon, 18, was killed during a fight between two groups of men shortly after 6.30pm in Ackmar Road, Fulham.

18 February: Drekwon Patterson, 16, London, was stabbed in Preston Road, Brent.

26 February: Ahmed Beker, 19, was stabbed in Paddington Green.

3 March: Tai Jordan O’Donnell, 19, bled to death after being stabbed a number of times in the legs at a house in Alpha Road, Croydon.

6 March: Mazaza Owusu-Mensah, 18, died when he was stabbed in the chest during a fight in Edington Road, Abbey Wood.

6 March: Ezra Okobia, 14, was fatally injured by fumes from a fire at his home in Russett Way, Lewisham.

8 March: Nikolay Vandev, 19, was stabbed in Penshurst Road, Tottenham

17 March: Hussain Chaudhry, 18, was stabbed in Lea Bridge Road, Walthamstow.

10 April: Levi Ernest-Morrison, 17, was stabbed in Sydenham Road, Sydenham.

23 April: Fares Maatou, 14, was stabbed in Barking Road, Newham.

26 April: Abubakkar “Junior” Jah, 18, was found in Coolfin Road, Newham. He had been shot and stabbed.

7 May: Daniel Laskos, 16, was stabbed in Church Road, Harold Wood.

8 June: Taylor Cox, 19, was shot in Hornsey Rise Gardens, Islington.

10 June: Denardo Samuels-Brooks, 17, was stabbed in Prentis Road, Streatham.

11 June: Jalan Woods-Bell, 15, was stabbed in a fight during the school run in Blyth Road, Hayes

25 June: Tashawn Watt, 19, was stabbed in Miall Walk, Sydenham.

1 July: Camron Smith, 16, was stabbed in Bracken Avenue, Shrublands, Croydon.

5 July: Tamim Ian Habimana, 15, was stabbed in Woolwich.

5 July: Keane Flynn-Harling, 16, was stabbed in Oval Place.

9 July: Damarie Omare Roye, 16, was stabbed in Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath.

1 August: Stelios Averkiou, 16, was stabbed at a skate park in Lordship Recreation Ground, Tottenham.

1 September: Alex Ajanaku, 18, was found in Beaumont Road, Leyton, east London, with shotgun wounds.

12 October: Hazrat Wali, 18, was stabbed to death in a playing field in Craneford Way, Twickenham.

28 October: Kamran Khalid, 18, was stabbed to death in Harrow Road, Ilford.

18 November: Jermaine Cools, 14, suffered stab wounds and died after a fight in London Road in Croydon.

24 November: Rishmeet Singh, 16, stabbed in a fight in Raleigh Road, Southall.

30 December: 15-year-old boy stabbed in Ashburton Park, Croydon.

30 December: 16-year-old boy stabbed in Philpotts Farm Open Space, Yiewsley

https://news.sky.com/story/croydon-this-has-to-stop-community-unites-to-rid-itself-of-being-londons-knife-crime-capital-12521069

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