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Police and politicians were urged to act to halt the bloodshed on our streets yesterday after two schoolboys were stabbed to death.
On a deadly day in the capital, a 15-year-old was hacked to death by at least five youths at a crowded bus stop in front of screaming children and commuters.
They watched in terror as the victim tried to defend himself with an umbrella.
Six hours later, a 16-year-old was stabbed to death outside his mother's home in an unrelated attack elsewhere in south London on Monday.
A 16-year-old was stabbed to death outside his mother's home in an unrelated attack elsewhere in south London on Monday. Last night the victim was named locally as Keane Harling (pictured) by friends, who said he was a 'bubbly young boy'
On a deadly day in the capital, a 15-year-old was hacked to death by at least five youths at a crowded bus stop in front of screaming children and commuters. Pictured: Police officers at the scene in Woolwich
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The spate of savage teenage killings has placed intense pressure on Mayor Sadiq Khan and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick before the school holidays and a further easing of Covid restrictions threaten to trigger further violence.
Becky Beston, whose 19-year-old
