London Knife Crime Will Get Worse, Charity Warns, After 14-Year-Old Dies

Composite image of London homicide victims from 2021 issued by the Met police on Nov. 19, 2021. (top row, left to right) Anas Mezenner, 17, Hani Solomon, 18, Drekwon Patterson, 16, Tai Jordan O'Donnell, 19, Ahmed Beker , 19, Camron Smith, 16, and Damarie Omare Roye, 16. (second row, left to right) Mazaza Owusu-Mensah, 18, Hussain Chaudhry, 18, Levi Ernest-Morrison, 17, Fares Maatou, 14, Abubakkar Jah, 18, Tamim Ian Habimana, 15, and Hazrat Wali, 18. (third row, left to right) Daniel Laskos, 16, Denardo Samuels-Brooks, 17, Jalan Woods-Bell, 15, Keane Flynn-Harling, 16, Kamran Khalid, 18, and Taylor Cox, 19. PA/Metropolitan Police

Knife crime in London is becoming more deadly and will get worse, a charity has said.

On Thursday, a 14-year-old boy became the city’s 27th victim of teenage killings this year.