From the ArcaMax Publishing, News & Features Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/newsheadlines/s-373280-959108
LONDON (UPI) -- Thirteen people have died of knife wounds in London so
far this year, with the latest being a 16-year-old boy slain this
week, police said.
Shakilus Townsend allegedly was fatally stabbed during a conflict with
gang members Thursday, The Times of London reported Friday. He was the
city's eighteenth teenager lost to violent crime in 2008.
Detective Chief Inspector Cliff Lyons, who is heading up the
investigation into Townsend's death, said the attack represented yet
another tragedy for the British city.
"This is another senseless incident in which a young life has been
taken away by a knife," the Metropolitan Police Homicide and Serious
Crime Command official said.
The killing comes in the wake of three knife deaths Sunday, including
the brutal slayings of two French students who investigators say
suffered multiple knife wounds.
The Times said a Tunisian national was fatally stabbed Monday
elsewhere in London, while a 28-year-old suffered fatal knife wounds
during an attack in the British capital Tuesday.