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Now I grew up in circumstances which led me into the gang culture of the time, yet we never even thought about stabbing someone 24 times or actually attempting to kill someone.
What kind of things are we teaching our children if by the time they are 14 they have this kind of mentality?
And while I understand the fear induced by such gangs amongst the local people, what is going on with the 'wall of silence' met by the Police in this situation...
As a Parent, I cannot even imagine the pain felt by this teenagers Parents, and for what? probably some stupid meaningless argument.
Trouble first erupted at Dulwich Hamlet FC and in the car park of an adjacent branch of Sainsbury's about 300 metres from where Mr Graham was stabbed. Police said between 50 and 100 young people from across south London attended an event at the club, falsely billed as a young woman's 18th birthday party.
Mr Manning said just before midnight two or three shots were fired, sparking panic among the revellers and leaving a 14-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the leg.
The senior detective said dozens of people ran outside where further shots may have been fired in the supermarket car park as fireworks were also set off. Mr Graham sprinted from the car park and got on a number 176 double decker bus where he sat at the back of the ground floor with a hood pulled over his head and a hand covering his face.
Mr Manning said: "Witnesses described him as clearly trying to avoid somebody and he was in a state of high anxiety and trying to conceal himself at the back of the bus. A few seconds later he jumped up, pressed an emergency button and gets off through the rear doors, literally pulling the doors open as they close.
"Tragically, the people looking for him were waiting outside at the bus stop. He is attacked beside some bicycle racks a short distance from the stop. A member of the public bravely gets off the bus and starts shouting at the gang. The guy who got off the bus picked Daniel up. The attackers were described by witnesses as 'sauntering off' down the road."
Now I grew up in circumstances which led me into the gang culture of the time, yet we never even thought about stabbing someone 24 times or actually attempting to kill someone.
What kind of things are we teaching our children if by the time they are 14 they have this kind of mentality?
And while I understand the fear induced by such gangs amongst the local people, what is going on with the 'wall of silence' met by the Police in this situation...
As a Parent, I cannot even imagine the pain felt by this teenagers Parents, and for what? probably some stupid meaningless argument.