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இலங்கையர் ஒருவர் லண்டனில் வைத்து கொலை செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளார். தெற்கு லண்டனின் மிச்சம் (Mitcham) பகுதியில் வைத்து இந்த கொலைச் சம்பவம் இடம்பெற்றுள்ளது. புதிய வாழ்க்கை ஒன்றைத் தேடி அவர் இலங்கையிலிருந்து பிரித்தானியா சென்றிருந்த 26 வயதான நபர் ஒருவரே இவ்வாறு தாக்குதலுக்கு இலக்காகி உயிரிழந்துள்ளதாக தெரிவிக்கப்படுகிறது. உத்தமவில்லன் என அழைக்கப்படும் அருணேஸ் தங்கராஜா என்பவர் அதிகாலை 3.29 மணிக்கு Upper Green East near Montrose Gardens and London Road, in Mitcham, பகுதியில் காயங்களுடன் மீட்கப்பட்ட இவரை காப்பாற்ற முடியவில்லை என தெரிவிக்கப்படுகிறது
சம்பவம் தொடர்பில் 44 வயதான நபர் ஒருவரை லண்டன் காவல்துறையினர் கைது செய்துள்ளனர். உயிரிழந்த இலங்கையர் ஒர் வீடற்றவர் எனத் தெரிவிக்கப்படுகிறது. சம்பவம் தொடர்பிலான விசாரணைகள் ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாகக் குறிப்பிடப்படுகிறது.
இதேவேளை லண்டனில் கடந்த ஜனவரி மாதத்தில் இருந்து இதுவரை, கத்திக்குத்து, துப்பாக்கிச் சூடு, தாக்குதல் என்பவற்றால் 60 பேர்வரை பலியாகி இருப்பதாக லண்டன் காவற்துறையினர் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.
Fatal stabbings in London, 2018
- January 1 – Steve Frank Navarez-Jara, 20, Islington
- January 3 – Elizabeta Lacatusu, 44, Redbridge
- January 8 – Daniel Frederick, 34, died in Hackney
- January 9 – Dami Odeyingbo, 18, stabbed in Bromley
- January 11 – Harry Uzoka, 25, killed in Shepherd’s Bush
- January 28 – Yaya Mbye, 26, stabbed in Stoke Newington
- January 29 – Juan Olmos Saca, 39, stabbed in Peckham
- January 31 – Khader Saleh, 25, stabbed at Wormwood Scrubs prison
- February 3 – Hassan Ozcan, 19, knifed in Barking
- February 3 – Kwabena Nelson, a youth worker, died after being stabbed near his home in Tottenham
- February 8 – Hannah Leonard, 55, stabbed in a flat in Camden
- February 11 – Sabri Chibani, 19, stabbed in Streatham
- February 13 – Saeeda Hussain, 54, was stabbed in Ilford
- February 14 – Lord Promise Nkenda, 17, stabbed in Canning Town
- February 18 – Lewis Blackman, 19, knifed in Kensington
- February 19 – Rotimi Oshibanjo, 26, stabbed in Southall
- February 20 – Sadiq Mohammed, 20, stabbed in Camden
- February 20 – Abdikarim Hassan, 17, stabbed in Camden
- February 25 – Michael Boyle, 44, stabbed in the chest
- March 1 – Christopher Beaumont, 42, stabbed in Hammersmith
- March 5 – Laura Figueira, 47, stabbed in Twickenham
- March 5 – Kelva Smith, 20, knifed in Croydon
- March 14 – Lyndon Davis, 18, stabbed in Chadwell Heath
- March 16 – Naomi Hersi, 36, found with stab wounds at hotel near Heathrow Airport
- March 17 – Russell Jones, 23, stabbed in Enfield
- March 18 – Tyrone Silcot, 41, stabbed in Hackney
- March 19 – Balbir Johal, 48, knifed in Southall
- March 19 – A 41-year-old was stabbed to death in Waltham Forest
- March 20 – Beniamin Pieknyi, 21, stabbed at Stratford shopping centre
- March 26 – David Potter, 50, stabbed in Tooting
- March 29 – Reece Tshoma, 23, stabbed in Plumstead
- March 30 – Leyla Mtumwa, 36, found with stab wounds at a home in Haringey
- April 1 – A 20-year-old was stabbed in Wandsworth
- April 4 – A 38-year-old man was stabbed at a house in Lewisham
- April 4 – Israel Ogunsola, 18, was stabbed to death in Hackney on 4 April. Police were alerted by a motorist and performed first aid but the teenager died at the scene
- April 5 – Five teenagers and one man were stabbed in London within a space of 24 hours. One of the victims was aged 13 and left fighting for his life
April 9 – A man in his 70s was stabbed four times and robbed as he returned to his Harold Hill home after collecting his pension
April 12 – A woman in her 20s was arrested after stabbing a man in Isle of Dogs on April 12, 2018.
April 15 – A man named locally as Raul Nicolaie was knifed to death just before 6pmin Colindale, North London.
April 15 – Samantha Clarke, 38, was stabbed to death in Brixton, South West London, just after 6.30pm and police arrested a man in his 20s.
April 20 – Aaron Springett, 32, died after he was found collapsed in Morden, South West London, just before 1o.30pm. A 31-year-old was arrested on suspicion of murder.
April 21 – A man, 20, was stabbed to death in Finsbury Park, north London, as a leading surgeon warned of a “summer of carnage” in the capital
May 17 – A man, 24, was stabbed to death in Crows Road, Barking at around 11.30pm.