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02.02.2022 - 00:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Two teenagers have been stabbed to death on Greater Manchester's streets in the past week.
The boys are the latest victims of the knife crime epidemic gripping our region.
"Cheeky chappy" Kennie Carter died after been stabbed in Stretford. He was just 16 years old.
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His heartbroken family said: "Young lives like Kennie's are being lost far too often".
On Sunday the body of a 17-year-old boy was found in Clowes Park, Salford.
Kennie's killing happened just a day after two 15-year-old boys were jailed for the "senseless" murder and manslaughter of Bolton schoolboy Reece Tansey.
Most urban police force areas saw a reduction in knife offences in 2020-21 due to the coronavirus lockdowns, but in Greater Manchester they went up 4 per cent.
We unearthed figures which reveal serious youth violence offences have risen by 200 per cent in the city of Manchester alone in just two years.
There has been a stabbing where the victim or attacker is a teenager reported in our paper every week in the last 12 months and across all 10 boroughs.
Greater Manchester Police said this week that knife crime is their "top priority" after the latest stabbing.
GMP Assistant Chief Constable, Tony Creely, said: "We are aware and understand that our communities are concerned.
"I would therefore like to reiterate the Chief Constable's promise to Greater Manchester that GMP is a force which focusses on fighting, preventing and reducing crime to keep people safe."
He added that officers have stepped up patrols and stop and searches, as well as urging teens to use knife amnesty bins across the region.
Asst Chief Const Creely added: "I would like to put it on record
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