A man was fatally shot to death in London Sunday evening at the same location a woman was stabbed to death minutes earlier; raising new questions over safety and security across the UK’s capital.
“A mum-of-one was stabbed to death last night just yards away from a fatal shooting.
The victim was knifed in the chest outside a tower block in Chalk Farm, near Camden in north London at around 11pm,” reports the UK’s Mirror newspaper. “Met Police and paramedics dashed to the scene and, though CPR was administered, they were unable to save the woman. The mum of a six-year-old boy was believed to be in her 20s and has been named locally as Shakirs.”
“She was part of everyone’s life, she helped everyone,” said one local. “She was part of my family. She was lovely.”
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MURDER: A young man in his 20s has been shot dead in #KentishTown north-west London.Met Police say they were called to Malden Road, #NW5 just before midnight.
The victim was found with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene at 00.10.
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MURDER: A second murder investigation has been launched in north-west London after a young woman in her 20s was stabbed to death in #ChalkFarm last night.Met Police say they were called at 11.13pm to Belmont Street, #NW1.
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“Minutes after the stabbing, just yards away, a man was shot dead in what is believed to be an unrelated murder in Kentish Town,” adds the report.
Authorities say there is no link between the two murders.
Read the full report here.