In fewer than 100 days, 52 people have been killed in London - raising serious concerns about how to tackle violent crime on the city's streets.
Stabbing was the main cause, while seven people died from gunshot wounds.
Eleven of those killed were teenagers, but almost as many were in their 40s.
The majority of victims were men, and while the borough of Haringey had the most incidents with five, people have been killed across the city
In three hours last night.
17:30 Poplar - boy, 15
18:06 Mile End - two boys aged 15 (serious injuries) and one aged 16 (minor injuries, since arrested)
18:57 Newham - boy, 13 (critical injuries)
19:05 Ealing Broadway - boy in his late teens
22:05 Herne Hill - man in his 40s
Meanwhile, protesters and community leaders gathered at Hackney Central station, east London, to call for an end to the recent bloodshed.
It comes after London Mayor Sadiq Khan denied police had "lost control of crime in London" in the wake of more than 50 murders in the capital this year.
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