A teenage boy stabbed to death with a 12-inch knife was the victim of 'a planned and targeted attack', police have revealed. Shakilus Townsend, 16, was attacked by a gang of four boys and a girl armed with baseball bats and a knife. One theory is...

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Murdered: Shakilus Townsend, 16, was stabbed to death after being attacked by a gang A teenage boy sobbed for his mother as he lay fatally wounded after being stabbed with a 12-inch knife. Shakilus Townsend, 16, was attacked in the street by a gang...
London is experiencing an epidemic of knife crime with 13 teenagers stabbed to death this year and two French students murdered in a brutal attack, leaving police apparently powerless to stop it. Shakilus Townsend, 16, became the latest...
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