Friday 23 November 2007

Black youths slammed after Canning Town murder


When I lived in Plaistow, I used to pass through Canning Town often, and, admittedly, I don’t have any special memories of the suburb which is one of the busiest areas in Newham.

There’s bus after bus on the already jammed Barking Road, groups of boys in hoodies on the streets and kebab shops sliced between colourful African hairdressers and stuffy internet cafes. A 2000 government survey ranked the area as London's most deprived ward.

It is also probably one of the more dangerous parts of Newham. This weekend, 17-year old Biendi “Bobby” Litambola (pictured) was assaulted in the area, making him the 24th teenager to be murdered in London this year.

Last year Peter Woodhams (22), a young father, was murdered near his home in Canning Town, having suffered taunts from a local gang.

Bobby’s brother Sammy told the BBC: "Most of the teenagers killed this year are black and most of it is black on black crime. How can we explain this? It's not the police doing it, it's not other races doing it, we are doing it to ourselves. We need to stamp it out."

Hopefully, Sammy's words will be taken seriously.

May Bobby rest in peace.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

what are you on about no gang has murderd any 1 in canning town

Anonymous said...

Did Martin Luther, Malcolm X Elder Evers and more have taken several bullets for us and yet the police are not killing us or other nationals yet every day one wakes up the infested black on black killing wake-up brothers and TAKE YOUR PLACE.

Anonymous said...

@Anonymous what you talking about, canning town/custom house boys have murdered fourpeaple during 4years, All you see is flats upon flats

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