London Teenager 24th to be Stabbed to Death this Year

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London Teenager 24th to be Stabbed to Death this Year by Christina 123

The wave of youth knife crime continues in England with an 18 year-old youth stabbed to death in Walthamstow, East London in the early hours of today. Officials have cancelled Olympic handover ceremonies in Waltham Town Square.

Waltham Forest is one of the planned venues of the London 2012 Games.

Two men aged 20 and 17 have been arrested in connection with the crime.

An 18-year-old man has been stabbed to death near a bus garage in Walthamstow, east London.
A routine police patrol found the teenager lying wounded near Selborne Road at 0140 BST. He was pronounced dead in hospital.
A man in his 20s and a 17-year-old youth have been arrested in connection with the incident and are in custody.
The council leader is now calling for a meeting with other local authority chiefs to tackle knife crime.
The 18-year-old victim is the 24th teenager to be killed in a stabbing or a shooting in London this year.