Police are searching for those responsible for the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old boy on a bus in Woolwich, south-east London, with the investigation ongoing as of Wednesday. The victim died at the scene after being attacked on a 472 double-decker bus at roughly 2:30 pm on Tuesday. Woolwich Church Street remains cordoned off, and investigators are still operating road closures. Following the attack, Chief Superintendent Louise Sargent described the crime as “horrendous” and conveyed her sympathies to the victim’s loved ones.
Medics tried in vain to treat the boy’s injuries, but his condition deteriorated, and he died from his wounds. Addressing reporters on Tuesday, Supt Sargent, Deputy Commander of the area, expressed condolences to the victim’s family and friends and called the crime “horrendous.” She added that there would be a heightened police presence in the neighbourhood following the attack.
BBC London journalist Gem O’Reilly reported from the scene of the incident, where she described the atmosphere as “tense” and locals struggling to navigate police cordons to go to work and take their children to school. The deceased minor passed away just three months after another teenager was similarly killed in a stabbing in Woolwich. Even so, the boy’s death is the latest in a worrying string of approximately eleven teenage boys who died due to homicide in London in 2021.
Local mother Kate informed the BBC that violent offenses like this appear to be becoming more frequent in the area, causing anxiety among her neighbours and herself. “It’s a bit daunting. I have a child, and I’m a bit afraid of walking up and down this road and even in this area in general; it’s becoming a bit dangerous,” she said. Another mother of two girls, Abigail, who resides less than a five-minute stroll from where the boy was attacked, declared that she and other parents in the surroundings had recently been talking about how to safeguard their children while also educating them about the threat
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