The home secretary will meet police chiefs this week to discuss what can be done to stop young people being murdered.
Mr Javid will chair the second chief constables' round table on Wednesday, which is aimed at sharing experience and policing strategies for tackling violent crime.Police said she had been playing music with five of her friends in an east London park before she was stabbed in the back.Her family branded her murder as a"totally random and unprovoked attack."A day later, Mr Makki was stabbed to death in the quiet village of Hale Barns, near Altrincham.
Meanwhile, a recent investigation led by Channel 4 Dispatches found the number of police recorded offenders under 18 committing homicides using a knife or sharp instrument rose by 77% from 26 to 46 from 2016 to 2018. There was also a 93% rise in the number of children aged 16 and under being treated for stab wounds in England.It was said that 76 people were reportedly stabbed to death in the capital out of 306 across the UK as a whole last year, including 23 children.
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