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| Police are investigating the death of a man found stabbed on a bus in central London – the fifth fatal stabbing in the capital in a week. | Police are investigating the death of a man found stabbed on a bus in central London – the fifth fatal stabbing in the capital in a week. |
| The man, aged 48, was found on the 189 bus in Gloucester Place, near Dorset Square, Marylebone, in the early hours of Friday. Paramedics tended to the man but he was declared dead at the scene. | |
| A Met police spokesperson said no arrests had been made and next of kin had yet to be informed. “Detectives are still at the location and inquiries are under way into the circumstances of when and where the stabbing took place,” the force said. | A Met police spokesperson said no arrests had been made and next of kin had yet to be informed. “Detectives are still at the location and inquiries are under way into the circumstances of when and where the stabbing took place,” the force said. |
| Police believe they know the identity of the deceased, but await formal identification and confirmation that next of kin have been informed. | |
| The murder investigation is being led by DCI Noel McHugh of the homicide and major crime command. McHugh said: “I believe the victim boarded the bus at Brent Cross bus station at 23:13hrs on Thursday, 27 April.“I want to hear from anyone who was at Brent Cross bus station or who travelled on the 189 bus from Brent Cross towards the Marylebone area at around that time.“It is crucial that we speak with any potential witnesses. Even if you do not believe you saw anything significant, if you were at the bus station at around 11pm or on the bus then please call the incident room.” | |
| A 31-year-old man is also in a critical condition after being found in Dulwich Park, south London, with stab wounds to his head at around 1pm on Thursday afternoon. Detectives in Southwark are appealing for witnesses. | |
| Last weekend three people including a 17-year-old boy were stabbed to death in London. Mohammed Hasan was chased down and fatally stabbed by a masked gang in Battersea, south London, in the early hours of Sunday morning. A 19-year-old was arrested at an address in nearby Wandsworth on suspicion of murder. | |
| On Saturday afternoon, Damien McLaughlin, 42, of Cheshunt, was stabbed to death in Enfield, north London. Omar Warner, 18, and an 17-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons have been charged with murder. | |
| Just after midnight on Monday another murder investigation was launched in Bow, east London, after a 60-year-old man was found dead with stab wounds and another man was injured. He victim has since been identified as Keith Sinclair. | |
| On Tuesday a 24-year-old man was fatally stabbed. Police and paramedics found the victim at 7pm on Tuesday evening in Melody Road, a residential street in Wandsworth, south-west London, after reports of a stabbing. Despite the arrival of an air ambulance doctor, he was pronounced dead at the scene half an hour later. | |
| A 30-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of murder several hours later. | |
| Police-recorded crime figures released this week showed a 13-14% increase in gun and knife crime in 2016. Bill Skelly, of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, said on Thursday: “The trend, which had been declining for many years but has now begun to climb more sharply, is a key priority for the police service. | Police-recorded crime figures released this week showed a 13-14% increase in gun and knife crime in 2016. Bill Skelly, of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, said on Thursday: “The trend, which had been declining for many years but has now begun to climb more sharply, is a key priority for the police service. |
| “Forces will continue to target habitual offenders and conduct wide-ranging proactive operations to seize thousands of illegal weapons before they can be used to cause harm.” | “Forces will continue to target habitual offenders and conduct wide-ranging proactive operations to seize thousands of illegal weapons before they can be used to cause harm.” |
| The Met said gun and knife crime rose 42% and 24% respectively in the past year and that recorded crime was up across virtually every category, in figures released two days after Cressida Dick took over as commissioner. | |
| In a briefing last week, Martin Hewitt, the Met’s assistant commissioner, sought to pin some of the blame for increases in gun and knife crime in London on cuts to funding. “It would be a naive answer to say that if you cut a significant amount out of an organisation, you don’t have any consequences,” Hewitt said. | In a briefing last week, Martin Hewitt, the Met’s assistant commissioner, sought to pin some of the blame for increases in gun and knife crime in London on cuts to funding. “It would be a naive answer to say that if you cut a significant amount out of an organisation, you don’t have any consequences,” Hewitt said. |
| Since the Conservatives came to power in 2010 the Met has made £600m in savings, and it will have to find a further £400m by 2020. | Since the Conservatives came to power in 2010 the Met has made £600m in savings, and it will have to find a further £400m by 2020. |
| Hewitt also said there had been an increase in the number of young people carrying knives, with only a quarter of those carrying a blade linked to gangs. The Met suspects the increase is partly down to people increasingly believing in the need to carry a knife for self-protection, and Hewitt said on a recent school visit to a class of 10-year-olds three-quarters said they knew someone who carried a knife. |