Since the beginning of the year, there has been some 16 fatal stabbings. This is alarming for all parents having young children in their teens.
The knife violence is an epidemic affecting some ethnic groups. It is sad to see young promising life taken away and suffering caused to the victim’s family for the rest of their life.
Unfortunately in these days of political correctness, police are limited. They cannot solve this grave problem on their own.
The root cause that drives young men to commit such a horrendous crime of illegally carrying a knife and brutally killing someone needs to be found.
The community leaders, parents, and schools need to join hands with the police and work together to establish why the youths are going astray.
The evil of knife violence needs to end for the greater good of the society.
Niranjan Vasant
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