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Here we have a story of a reporter on patrol with British police....in the high crime area....
This is what it's like to join police for a night in one of London's most violent boroughs
And, Ch Insp Smith says, Lambeth is one of the most violent boroughs in London – along with Tower Hamlets, Newham and Hackney - in terms of recorded crimes.
“It’s every day. There have been 13 stabbings and three drive-by shootings in the last two weeks,” he explains, adding that knives are seized on the streets of Lambeth on a daily basis – usually from teenagers.
Police in London deploying more armed officers after shooting in Brixton
He is the third reported victim of a shooting in the south London borough this month. On 12 May a man in his 20s and a teenage boy were critically injured in a gun attack in Marcella Road, Brixton.
This is what it's like to join police for a night in one of London's most violent boroughs
And, Ch Insp Smith says, Lambeth is one of the most violent boroughs in London – along with Tower Hamlets, Newham and Hackney - in terms of recorded crimes.
“It’s every day. There have been 13 stabbings and three drive-by shootings in the last two weeks,” he explains, adding that knives are seized on the streets of Lambeth on a daily basis – usually from teenagers.
Police in London deploying more armed officers after shooting in Brixton
He is the third reported victim of a shooting in the south London borough this month. On 12 May a man in his 20s and a teenage boy were critically injured in a gun attack in Marcella Road, Brixton.
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