London’s year of horror so far

A rise in violent crime in London has sparked fears the capital’s annual murder rate could overtake New York’s.
Already, Sky News has identified 47 people who have been killed in a London borough since the start of the year.
The New York Police Department has started murder investigations into the deaths of 50 people in the same period.
The latest to die in London is a 38-year-old man who died during a suspected burglary.
If the number of people being shot or knifed to death continues at the same rate, the amount of murder probes will outstrip the figure for 2017, when 130 were launched.
The 47 who have died so far in the first 14 weeks of the 2018 are:
1 January
Steve Frank Narvaez-Jara, 20, from south London, was stabbed at a flat in the Old Street area, close to the City of London.
3 January
Elizabeta Lacatusu, 44, a Romanian from Ilford, east London, died after being found with serious stab injuries in the town.
6 January
Shop keeper Vijaykumar Patel, 49, who lived in Colindale, northwest London, was found lying on a pavement in Mill Hill with critical injuries. He died two days later in hospital.
8 January
Daniel Frederick, 34, was fatally stabbed in Stoke Newington, northeast London.
9 January
Oluwadamilola Odeyingbo, 18, died after being involved in a fight in Chislehurst, southeast London.
11 January
Model Harry Uzoka, 25, was fatally stabbed in Shepherd’s Bush, west London.
28 January
Yaya Mbye, 26, was found with stab wounds on an estate in Stoke Newington. He died later.
29 January
Juan Olmos Saca, 39, was stabbed during a fight at an address in Peckham Rye, southeast London, and died on 4 March in hospital from his injuries. Another man was stabbed in the abdomen during the altercation.
31 January
Khader Saleh, 25, was stabbed to death in Wormwood Scrubs prison, west London.
1 February
The body of carpet shop worker Seyed Khan, 49, from Ilford, was found in Ilford Cemetery. He had been missing since 24 January when he was seen taking a call outside the shop where he worked.
3 February
Hasan Ozcan, 19, was stabbed multiple times in a street in Barking, east London, and died at the scene.
Youth worker Kwabena Nelson, 22, was stabbed to death in Tottenham, northeast London.
9 February
Hannah Leonard, 55, was found dead inside a flat in Swiss Cottage, north London. She was stabbed to death.
11 February
Sabri Chibani, 19, was attacked with a knife in a house near Streatham Common, south London, and staggered outside before dying in the street.
12 February
Taxi driver Bulent Kabala, 41, was shot dead on a roundabout after getting out of his vehicle in Barnet, north London, in what was described by police as a “targeted hit”.
13 February
Saeeda Hussain, 54, was found with critical injuries at an address in Ilford, east London, and was pronounced dead shortly after.
14 February
Promise Nkenda, 17, was stabbed in the chest in Canning Town, east London, and died at the scene.
15 February
Dad-of-one Mark Smith, 48, was found with multiple injuries at a property in Chingford, northeast London.
17 February
Jozef Boci, 30, was found with serious head injuries in Greenwich, southeast London, and died in hospital six days later.
18 February
Lewis Blackman, 19, a rapper from Kentish Town, was fatally stabbed in Kensington, west London.
19 February
Rotimi Oshibanjo, 26, was stabbed to death in Hanwell, west London.
20 February
Sadiq Mohamed, 20, and Abdikarim Hassan, 17, both died of knife wounds within two hours of each other in Kentish Town, north London.
25 February
Michael Boyle, 44, from Galashiels, Scotland, was found stabbed in a pub in Walworth, south London. He was taken to hospital where he died on 10 March.
1 March
Christopher Beaumont, 42, was found by paramedics stabbed at an address in Hammersmith, west London, and was pronounced dead soon after.
5 March
Laura Cecilia Navarrete De Figueira, 47, was found stabbed to death at her home in Twickenham, west London. Her husband and two sons were found dead in Birling Gap, Sussex, on the same day. The Met Police have also launched murder investigations into the deaths of the two boys.
Kelva Smith, 20, was stabbed to death in South Norwood, south London.
8 March
Privately educated Kelvin Odunuyi, 19, a rapper, was shot dead outside a cinema in Wood Green, north London, after two masked men rode past on a moped and one opened fire, according to witnesses.
12 March
Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov, 68, was found dead at his home in New Malden, southwest London, in mysterious circumstances. Police later started a murder inquiry after giving his cause of death as “compression to the neck”.
13 March
Julian Joseph, 36, was assaulted by two men on a bus in New Cross, southeast London, shortly after midnight. He suffered a severe head injury and was taken to hospital where he died on 24 March.
14 March
Joseph Williams-Torres, 20 was inside a parked car in Walthamstow, northeast London, when he was approached by several suspects and shot. He died on route to hospital.
Lyndon Davis, 18, was stabbed in Chadwell Heath, east London, after a chase and taken to hospital where he died two hours later.
17 March
Russell Jordan Jones, 23, was shot and stabbed during an “unprovoked attack” in Enfield, north London, after being set upon by four men. He died at the scene and another man was seriously injured.
18 March
The body of Hersi Hersi, 36, who lived as a trans woman called Naomi, was found at a hotel in Hounslow, west London. A post-mortem later determined the cause of death as stab wounds.
Dad-of-two Tyrone Silcott, 41, a mechanic, also known as Sylvester, was stabbed multiple times and died outside a house in Homerton, east London.
19 March
Balbir Johal, 48, from Slough, was admitted to a hospital in west London suffering from stab wounds. He died a short time later. It was thought he suffered his injuries in Southall, west London.
A 41-year-old man was found with stab wounds in Vallentin Road, Walthamstow, and pronounced dead an hour after paramedics started trying to save him.
20 March
Beniamin Pieknyi, 20, from Milton Keynes, was knifed to death while reportedly stepping in to help a friend during an altercation in Stratford, east London, just two months after arriving from Romania.
25 March
Aspiring PhD student Abraham Badru, 26, was gunned down as he got out of a car near his family home in Hackney, northeast London.
The “quiet and hard-working” son of a Nigerian politician was found collapsed on the pavement by his mother and died at the scene.
A 59-year-old man was admitted to hospital after being assaulted in his home in Barking. He died on 27 March.
26 March
David Potter, 50, was found stabbed to death in a flat in Tooting, southwest London.
29 March
A 23-year-old man was found with a stab wound to the neck in Plumstead, southeast London, and was taken to hospital where he died from his injuries later that evening.
30 March
Leyla Mtumwa, 38, was found by police with stab wounds to her neck and chest at an address in Tottenham, northeast London.
1 April
Devoy Stapleton, 20, was fatally stabbed after leaving a bar in Wandsworth, southwest London.
2 April
Tanesha Melbourne, 17, died of gunshot wounds after a shooting in Tottenham.
A 16-year-old boy was shot in the face in Walthamstow and died in hospital the next day. A 15-year-old boy, also discovered at the scene, was treated for stab injuries.
4 April
A 38-year-old man, who is suspected of burgling a home in Hither Green, southeast London, was stabbed during a struggle and died later in hospital. -Sky News