A man in his 40s died after being hit by a car, but the driver sped away
It’s been another brutal week for London with gunfire, stabbings, and a hit-and-run.
A 36-year-old woman was shot in Walthamstow, while Brixton saw two 16-year-olds injured during a fight involving a knife, and over in West London a 16-year-old was knifed in the arm. A hit-and-run left one man dead in Westminster, while a separate car smashed into a group of fighting men in a horror brawl which was shared online.
But despite the grim news, June, July, and August saw the fewest killings in London since 2018, making London safer than all major US cities and Paris – check out what a former top cop had to say when we asked him why. Havering, Enfield, Southwark, Tower Hamlets and Camden recorded some of the greatest reductions, and last year London recorded the lowest number of killings of under-25s for 22 years, and the lowest number of teenage homicides since 2012.
There have been 10 under-25 killings recorded so far this year, compared with 26 at the same point last year – a drop of over 60 per cent.
London’s bloody week
Walthamstow shooting
A 36-year-old woman was rushed to hospital after being shot in Walthamstow in the middle of the night yesterday (Monday, September 29). No arrest has yet been made in connection with the incident.
Read the full story here.
Paddington stabbing
A teenager was stabbed in the arm in West London last week. It happened on Tuesday (September 23) where police rushed to Paddington Green to reports of a boy having been attacked with a knife, at about 2.30pm.
There, they found a 16-year-old who was taken to hospital with an arm injury.
Read the full story here.
Brixton double-stabbing
Two 16-year-old boys were injured after a fight involving a knife in Brixton last Tuesday (September 23). One of the boys was rushed to hospital with stab wounds following the altercation. Video posted to social media shows the incident which was filmed by a terrified bystander.
Read the full story here.
Car smashes into fighting group with knife
One person has been arrested after a car reportedly ploughed into a group brawling with knives outside London Central Mosque. Footage circulating on social media shows four men locked in a fight on Park Road, near Regents Park, on Saturday afternoon (Saturday, September 27).
Read the full story here.
Man dies in Westminster hit-and-run
A man aged in his 40s died in a crash. On Friday, September 26 at around 7.30pm the man was hit by a car in Park Crescent. Emergency services were called to the scene and rushed the man to hospital, where he died.
Read the full story here.
South London fire leaves child in A&E
A child was left in A&E after a flat fire tore through a flat in South London. Six fire engines and around 40 firefighters were called to the building on Sedan Way in Walworth early Friday morning (September 26) at 5.13am to reports of the blaze.
Read the full story here.
Huge fire in Beckenham
A building on High Street, Beckenham, went up in flames at about 8am today (Wednesday, September 30), with control rooms receiving 18 reports of the fire. Half of the roof of a mixed-use building, currently under refurbishment, was burning. The second and first floors of the building were also partially alight.
Read the full story here.
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