The shocking death toll of teenagers stabbed and shot to death in London has risen to 15, three months after Elijah Dornelly was killed in Walthamstow.
Elijah was walking home with a friend from an anti-knife rally before his attackers pounced on him and made off on bicycles.
Elijah Dornelly
In just three months another six young men have found the same fate, with two teenagers losing their lives in 24 hours on Friday (August 8).
The disturbing toll shows the results of both gun and knife crime soaring in the capital.
Here are the names of the 15 teenagers tragically lost to London's soaring violence:
Djodjo Nsaka, 19, stabbed, Wembley, January 1
Quamari Serunkuma-Barnes, 15, stabbed, Willesden, January 23
David Adegbite, 19, shot, St Ann's, March 19
Abdifatah Sheikhey, 19, shot, Ilford, March 21
Karim Samms, 16, shot, Rotherhithe, April 7
Abdullahi Tarabi, 19, stabbed, Northolt, April 11
Jordon Wright, 19, stabbed, Blackheath, April 19
Mahamed Hassan, 17, stabbed, Battersea, April 23
Elijah Dornelly, 17, stabbed, Walthamstow, May 7
Joao Ricardo Gomes, 18, stabbed, Enfield, May 13
Abdirahman Mohamed, 17, stabbed, Peckham, June 2
Osman Sharif, 16, stabbed, Tottenham, June 6
Mahad Ali, 18, stabbed, Ealing, June 29
Daniel Namanga, 19, stabbed, Southwark, August 8
Jermaine Goupall, 15, stabbed, Croydon, August 8
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