Scotland Yard has held an emergency meeting with community groups and youth workers on Friday about the escalation in violent crime in London.
The invite to the meeting at the Metropolitan police headquarters at New Scotland Yard on Friday morning said: “London is currently experiencing an exceptionally high level of gun and knife crime.
It added: “It is important that our response is fully informed by community concerns and any community tensions are rapidly identified, heard and responded to.”
This week two teenagers were shot dead and several others were victims of stabbings.
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