In 2021, 27 teenagers were stabbed to death, two were shot and one died in an arson attack.
The number of teenagers killed in London in a year has reached its highest level since 2008 despite a national lockdown.
Mr Mezenner was repeatedly stabbed when his group of friends were set upon in a "clinical and violent attack" on 19 January. He said lockdown meant "no drinkers spilling into the streets after nights out at bars and pubs, no days spent in shops and cafés or at the racetrack or football match".But the number of homicides did not see a corresponding drop.
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