In 2007, there were 27 teenagers stabbed to death in London alone!

In the first 10 weeks of 2008 there have been 9 fatal stabbings in London

There is a knife crime committed in the UK every 24 minutes!

The first fatal stabbing in 2008 occurred just hours into the new year!

In fact 5,500 serious knife crimes in the UK in just 3 months.

With at least three more fatal stabbings in the UK being reported in the first week.

Ben Kinsella, brother of EastEnders actress Brooke Kinsella, is murdered

The schoolboy brother of EastEnders actress Brooke Kinsella became the latest innocent victim of a knife crime epidemic in London.

Ben Kinsella, 16, was attacked in the street as he tried to run away from a fight in Islington.

Friends said he was an innocent bystander but was chased by a group of youths shouting: "Get him, get him."

Visit the official Ben Kinsella Website to Support Knife crime awareness HERE