… at least not in the U.K. No sireee, there it’s kids with clubs beating other kids to death. Lord of the Flies, London-style.
Witnesses say that teenage girls egged on the attack with shouts of “Kill him, kill him” before the victim, named last night as Kodjo Yenga, was surrounded. At one point Kodjo raised his arms to fend off blows from sticks. The suspects being held include four 13-year-olds, two 15-years-olds and a man aged 21.
Last night police sources said that Kodjo had been a “nice lad” and a promising A-level student who had never been in trouble with the police. His family live in North Kensington close to Ladbroke Grove. He was a student at St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College in North Kensington, West London.
The attack took place in Hammersmith Grove, West London, at teatime on Wednesday on the edge of a quiet residential area known as Brackenbury Village.
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“The girls were screaming, ‘Kill him, kill him’. The boy had a dog with him. He kept crossing the road. I thought the dog would get run over.”
Because of course, guns are the problem. Raising a psychotic population isn’t.