West Northamptonshire councillors unanimously back a motion on violence reduction.
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A series of measures to crackdown on knife crime have been backed after councillors spoke of their concern about stabbings in Northampton.Teenagers Rohan Shand and Kwabena Osei-Poku were fatally stabbed in separate incidents in the town in March and April.The council said it would 'bring forward initiatives to promote community engagement on community safety'
Conservative councillor Cheryl Hawes, who proposed the cross-party motion, said she was "increasingly frightened" by the situation. All 71 councillors at a meeting approved the proposals that also included a series of "anti-knife and violent crime initiatives" each spring.In March, 16-year-old Rohan Shand, known as Fred, was fatally stabbed close to the Cock Hotel junction in Northampton as he walked home from school.Student Kwabena Osei-Poku, 19, was stabbed near the University of Northampton campus in April. Two men have been charged with murder.
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