Three teenagers are suspected of killing 17-year-old Victor Lee, London police say. The body of the deceased was found in a canal in the capital of Great Britain.
Authorities pulled the body of Victor Lee from the London-Birmingham Grand Union Canal in the north-west of the British capital on June 25. This came after police received a report of a teenager allegedly stabbed with a sharp object. An autopsy showed Lee died of stab wounds, London police said in a statement published on their website on July 1. According to Sky News, Lee was fatally stabbed.
In the same communiqué, the authorities announced that the charges of murder of the 17-year-old were heard by minors – boys aged 14, 15 and 17. All three, also charged with theft, are due to appear in court on Monday. Police have appealed for anyone with information about the killing to come forward.
Knife assaults in England and Wales
In the previous year (data from March 2021 to March 2023), in England and Wales, excluding the county of Greater Manchester, approx. 45,000 were recorded. assault with a knife or other sharp instrument. That’s 9 percent. more compared to 2020/2021 and by 34 percent. more compared to 2010/2011, according to police data quoted on the UK Parliament website.
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