Father of stab victim Kwame Ofosu -Asare is yet another parent to voice concerns over the number of brutal deaths that have taken place in the South London Borough to date. 17-year-old Kwame was stabbed in Brixton near South Moorlands Estate last Friday. The 17-year-old who was originally from Catford, is thought to have been caught up in a number of "tit-for-tat" gang related stabbings.
Kwaku Ofusu-Asare, Kwame's father was reported to have said "When are we going to stop saying that somebody is in the wrong place at the wrong time? Are we going to whitewash the cracks in the wall or are we going to mend the wall properly?"
Detectives have released CCTV footage of a silver Vauxhall Zarifa mini cab believed to be used by the killers, It was reported to have drove around for 20mins before dropping off the suspects around the time Kwame was killed.
Kwame's brutual murder is one of six attacks in Lambeth in over a week, and could have been in response to an earlier attack on another 17-year-old in West Norwood. The victim was reported to have been stabbed 37 times.
I personally feel that we all need to work as a community to stamp out this negative gang mentality our young are adopting. It is not the police's responsibility alone, they can only enforce the law once a crime has been committed...But how many more young lives do we need to lose before something is done. I can admit that there is no such thing as a fail safe method to resolve some of the problems we are currently facing...However the only way forward would be to work with the police and MP's and EACH OTHER to work towards giving our youth positive aspirations.
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