Community in shock after teen stabbing
discharged from hospital a week later. Despite a police dog unit attending the scene alongside o?cers no arrests have been made and enquiries are on-going. The incident has sent shockwaves through the local community. “People here were very shocked that it happened so close to home and to someone so young,” admits Debbie Stears of the Pinner Hill Community Centre. “Most of the kids here play in that park so it’s frightening. A lot of the parents thought about stopping their children going there but you have to carry on. Even so, it is so worrying for us with it being on our doorstep.” And father-of-three Matthew Dias believes lessons must be learnt.
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esidents are still reeling from the stabbing of a teenage boy in Pinner Green earlier in the Summer.
“You just don’t expect that sort of thing around here,” he concedes. “It opens your eyes to the fact that knife crime isn’t just somebody else’s problem. Now we have to hope that the boy is okay, that the perpetrator is found and that we can educate our children to ensure that this does not happen again.” But Cynthia Wells of the Pinner Association remains unperturbed by the incident. “I have always felt safe in Pinner and still do,” she explains. “Of course it is very sad but it is so rare that it doesn’t frighten me or change my attitude about the area.” If you have any information about this case you can contact Harrow Police station by dialling 101.
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Police were called on the evening of July 30 to reports of a stabbing in Antoneys Close involving a young male. A 14-year-old boy was airlifted to an East London hospital with a stab wound to his back. He was
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