A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Canning Town, east London on Wednesday evening.
Police believe he may have been the victim of what they’re describing as a ‘sustained and possibly targeted attack’.
He’s the third teenager to die as a result of knife crime in the capital so far in 2018.
Michael Smith, CEO of the Christian group Word 4 Weapons tells Premier youngsters need scripture to stay on the straight and narrow.
“Whether the school likes it or not, I quote the Bible. I tell [students] what it says Jesus says,” he said.
“We make it absolutely clear that in Matthew 26 verse 52, the Lord said to Peter ‘put up your knife in this place because he who lives by the sword, dies by the sword’.”
In 2017, there were 80 fatal stabbings in London.
The latest killing comes as both the Mayor of London and Scotland Yard face mounting pressure to bring the city’s knife crime problem under control.
Theresa May drew an angry response from Sadiq Khan earlier this month when she suggested that the surge in deaths came after Labour took charge of the capital.
Mr Khan, who succeeded Conservative Boris Johnson to the role, wrote on Twitter: “The PM simply can’t be allowed to get away with misleading information.
“Knife crime is rising across Britain – not just London – & started going up well before May 2016. 8 years of Tory cuts to police & preventative services must urgently be reversed.”
However, Mr Smith said the Mayor…
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