London murder city

london - Englishmen are shocked: for the first time in history, London has more murders than New York.

Last February there were fifteen deaths, in March 22 again.

The figures are also very good for New York. The number of murders dropped dramatically, by as much as 87 percent, according to Sunday Times.

In London, the figures rose by forty percent over the past three years.

Jacob Whittingham, of the charity organization Fight for Peace, is particularly alarmed by the unpredictability of the murders in London. Especially men younger than thirty are the victims. He fears that more people will carry weapons. Most of the deaths are incidentally attacked by a knife.

Sean Yates of Scotland Yard's says that increasingly escalating quarrels on social media contribute to the high number of deaths.

Police commissioner Cressida Dick says he is 'shocked' about how easily young people take the life of someone else.