IN-DEPTH: Feuds and Murders: Communities Look for Answers to London’s Drill Problem

Families of victims deny concerns about drill lyrics is 'moral panic'

An undated image of Salem Koudou—a drill rapper better known as 16Shotz, who was murdered in Brixton in August 2020—with his mother Marie-Julie Koudou in London. Marie-Julie Koudou

The mother of a drill rapper who was killed after he attacked a rival gang with an “enormous knife” has called on the mayor of London to host a summit on gang violence in the capital.

Marie-Julie Koudou, whose 20-year-old son Salem—better known as 16 Shotz—was killed in August 2020, said Sadiq Khan should also try to arrange a “ceasefire” to put a halt to the tit-for-tat murders.