Official figures show that homicides across the UK rose from 649 in 2017 to 739 in 2018, an increase of 14 per cent. Experts are also staggered by the steep rise in the use of knives as weapons, especially involving teenagers as both killers and victims. By GERRY LOUGHRANMore by this AuthorAt another time it might be considered a bad joke – teenagers being sent by their parents from Britain to Somalia to protect them from crime! Experts are also staggered by the steep rise in the use of knives as weapons, especially involving teenagers as both killers and victims. Official figures show that homicides across the UK rose from 649 in 2017 to 739 in 2018, an increase of 14 per cent.

Source: Daily Nation March 16, 2019 18:56 UTC