I was deeply saddened to hear that we have lost yet another life to knife crime on our streets, when a man was stabbed to death on a busy high street in Wealdston. This follows the tragic murders earlier this year of Djodjo Nsaka, a 19 year old business studies student, who was stabbed near his halls of residence close to Wembley Stadium, and Quamari Serunkuma-Barnes who was just 15 when he died after an attack in Willesden.
It deeply concerns me that these devastating incidents seem to be happening more and more: the escalation of knife crime on our streets is not something any of us should accept. Locally we must act to tackle knife crime. In Brent and Harrow we need to engage with young people, setting out the dangers of carrying knives and the need to report violence of any kind.
I am taking up the matter with the Mayor of London, and his Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, to ensure that they act swiftly to put in place measures to stop the proliferation of knives and related crime across Brent, Harrow, and London as a whole.
It’s time we put a stop to these awful acts before more local lives are tragically lost.
Navin Shah AM
Labour London Assembly Member for Brent and Harrow
