The family, friends and Ghanaian sympathizers of a 23-year-old who was stabbed to death in North London are holding a peace march today [9th June, 18] against violent crime.

Kwabena Nelson, popularly called Kobby's last words before he died were "pray for me", after he was murdered on Saturday 3rd February 2018 near his home in Tottenham.

Kobby's uncle, Kwame Zion in an interview said: "The time for the march is 2 o'clock today, and it's aimed at stopping knife crime in the UK".

"Nothing will bring Kobby back, but we want his killers brought to justice. We would like to appeal to everyone, if you have any information no matter how small it is, please do tell the police", Zion said.

The march banner read: "Put your weapon down, stand together for Kobby".

How many stabbings took place in London and other regions in the UK over the last year?


At least 37 people have been fatally stabbed - and 62 overall killed in London since the beginning of the year, according to The Sun Online.

Police records show 37, 443 recorded knife offences and 6,694 recorded gun offences across the UK in the year up to September 2017.

In London, the problem was even more pronounced than the rest of the country, with 12,980 knife crimes taking place in the capital - 2,452 more than the equivalent year.

Four teenagers were stabbed to death in London on New Year's Eve alone, and 22 were killed in March - meaning the capital now has a higher murder rate than New York, the popular US city had a mere 21 killings in comparison.

Fatal stabbings in London, 2018


  • January 1 - Steve Frank Navarez-Jara, 20, Islington

  • January 3 - Elizabeta Lacatusu, 44, Redbridge

  • January 8 - Daniel Frederick, 34, died in Hackney

  • January 9 - Dami Odeyingbo, 18, stabbed in Bromley

  • January 11 - Harry Uzoka, 25, killed in Shepherd's Bush

  • January 28 - Yaya Mbye, 26, stabbed in Stoke Newington

  • January 29 - Juan Olmos Saca, 39, stabbed in Peckham

  • January 31 - Khader Saleh, 25, stabbed at Wormwood Scrubs prison

  • February 3 - Hassan Ozcan, 19, knifed in Barking

  • February 3 - Kwabena Nelson, a Ghanaian youth worker, died after being stabbed near his home in Tottenham

  • February 8 - Hannah Leonard, 55, stabbed in a flat in Camden

  • February 11 - Sabri Chibani, 19, stabbed in Streatham

  • February 13 - Saeeda Hussain, 54, was stabbed in Ilford

  • February 14 - Lord Promise Nkenda, 17, stabbed in Canning Town

  • February 18 - Lewis Blackman, 19, knifed in Kensington

  • February 19 - Rotimi Oshibanjo, 26, stabbed in Southall

  • February 20 - Sadiq Mohammed, 20, stabbed in Camden

  • February 20 - Abdikarim Hassan, 17, stabbed in Camden

  • February 25 - Michael Boyle, 44, stabbed in the chest

  • March 1 - Christopher Beaumont, 42, stabbed in Hammersmith

  • March 5 - Laura Figueira, 47, stabbed in Twickenham

  • March 5 - Kelva Smith, 20, knifed in Croydon

  • March 14 -  Lyndon Davis, 18, stabbed in Chadwell Heath

  • March 16 - Naomi Hersi, 36, found with stab wounds at hotel near Heathrow Airport

  • March 17 - Russell Jones, 23, stabbed in Enfield

  • March 18 - Tyrone Silcot, 41, stabbed in Hackney

  • March 19 - Balbir Johal, 48, knifed in Southall

  • March 19 - A 41-year-old was stabbed to death in Waltham Forest

  • March 20 - Beniamin Pieknyi, 21, stabbed at Stratford shopping centre

  • March 26 - David Potter, 50, stabbed in Tooting

  • March 29 - Reece Tshoma, 23, stabbed in Plumstead

  • March 30 - Leyla Mtumwa, 36, found with stab wounds at a home in Haringey

  • April 1 - A 20-year-old was stabbed in Wandsworth

  • April 4 - A 38-year-old man was stabbed at a house in Lewisham

  • April 4 - Israel Ogunsola, 18, was stabbed to death in Hackney on 4 April. Police were alerted by a motorist and performed first aid but the teenager died at the scene

  • April 5 - Five teenagers and one man were stabbed in London within a space of 24 hours. One of the victims was aged 13 and left fighting for his life

  • April 9 - A man in his 70s was stabbed four times and robbed as he returned to his Harold Hill home after collecting his pension

  • April 12 - A woman in her 20s was arrested after stabbing a man in Isle of Dogs on April 12, 2018.

  • April 15 - A man named locally as Raul Nicolaie was knifed to death just before 6pmin Colindale, North London.

  • April 15 -  Samantha Clarke, 38, was stabbed to death in Brixton, South West London, just after 6.30pm and police arrested a man in his 20s.

  • April 20 - Aaron Springett, 32, died after he was found collapsed in Morden, South West London, just before 1o.30pm. A 31-year-old was arrested on suspicion of murder.

  • April 21 - A man, 20, was stabbed to death in Finsbury Park, north London, as a leading surgeon warned of a "summer of carnage" in the capital

  • May 17 - A man, 24, was stabbed to death in Crows Road, Barking at around 11.30pm.

  • May 20 - A man in his 20s stabbed in Mitcham, South London

  • May 21 - Marcel Campbell, 20, was stabbed to death just yards from Islington town hall in North London

  • May 30 - A man, believed to be in his 40s, was stabbed to death in Kensington, West London.

  • June 1: - A woman was found stabbed to death in Brent, North West London.

 

Source: Eric Nana Prekoh / Ghanaguardian.com