And So The Killings Go On And Not Only In London.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44164767

The response from those in authority:

/// London Mayor Sadiq Khan described the stabbing as "devastating" and said his thoughts are with the victim's friends and family. ///

/// The Met Commissioner Cressida Dick said the murder rate in New York is now "well ahead" of London again. ///

Well that is refreshing to hear.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-44167042

/// Knife crime in the West Midlands ///

/// The number of fatal knife crime offences in the West Midlands in 2017 was 22, double that of 2015
The total number of knife crime offences reported to police in 2017 was 4,955
In 2016, that number was 4,278; while in 2015 the figure was 3,466 ///

Not so refreshing to hear.

[Gromit]

The Home Office’s own leaked document admits that cuts in police numbers is partly to blame for the increase in violent crime.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5592463/Leaked-document-suggests-police-cuts-contributed-rise-violent-crime.html

[Peter Pedant]

oh come on
ten dead kids in Sante Fe and you hardly crack a smile !

er smile of grim satisfaction that we don't have THAT sort of thing here ..... I mean.....

[Peter Pedant]

// The Home Office’s own leaked document admits that cuts in police numbers is partly to blame for the increase in violent crime. //

oh yeah so you believe every document that comes oudda da Home Office do you ?

[ yeah ok it is n admission contra dingle-dangle ( latin for interest whatever that is) and so is likely to be true - that is what they believe]

Home office is full of classicists and mediaeval french graduates and know sad-all about stats and association.
you know durr things like possession of teevees is associated with heart disease therefore one causes the other.
or - two complettely random sets X and Y
if you plot X+Y against X-Y you will find and association, even tho X and Y are completely random

[Gromit]

// so you believe every document that comes oudda da Home Office do you ? //

It was actually suppressed by the Home Office.

[AZardoz]

Simple. Ban knives. Of course, then fork attacks will go up.
Just be thankful your "imports" don't have guns.
TTT nailed it.