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Chima Osuji. Tyler McDermott. Renell Charles. Khaled Saleh. Victor Lee. Leonardo Reid. Rahaan Ahmed Amin. Claudyo Jauad Lafayette. Stefan Valentine Balaban. Yusuf Mohamoud. Ania Omar Zen. Max Moy Wheatley. Elianne Andam.

All of these names belong to teenagers who were murdered in knife attacks in London this year alone. On Wednesday morning, 15-year-old Elianne Andam was fatallyWhen an injury causes death. stabbed on her way to school.

We still do not know exactly what happened to Elianne. But some say she may have been protecting her friend from unwanted attention from a boy.

The UK has a knife crime crisis. Knife crime has risen by more than 34% in the last 10 years in England and Wales.

PoliticiansSomeone whose job it is to be involved in running a country. Politicians try to persuade people they have the best ideas to run the country. are racing to find answers. Some think it is time to crack down harder on carrying knives. After a mass shooting in Scotland in the 1990s, the rules on guns in the UK were made much stricter. Since then, there have been very few gun deaths.

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So some think this shows that tough rules work to stop crime.

Meanwhile, street violence expertsSomeone who knows a lot about a particular subject. have found that more street violence takes place in areas where wealthy and poorer groups live close together.

Many think that this suggests that the best thing we can do to stop knife crime is to make sure everyone has the same opportunities, and that no one is living in povertyThe state of being very poor. .

Yes! We should focus on getting knives off the streets. The answer is tougher rules, more powers for the police and more education about the impactImpact implies changes in people's lives, such as changes in knowledge, skill, behaviour, health or living conditions. Impact can also be the action of one object hitting another, or the force with which one object hits another. of knife crime.

No! It is almost impossible to stop people from carrying knives. The answer is to put more money into youth centres, education and social workersPeople whose job it is to help people who have social disadvantages or problems in their life. .