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A teenager died in her mother's arms as she become the latest victim in a deadly crime spree which has gripped the capital and claimed 47 lives.

The girl, named as Tanisha, was found with a gunshot wound by police officers at 9.35pm having been shot in Chalgrove Road, Tottenham, and despite emergency services trying desperately for an hour to save her life, she died in the street at 10.43pm.

Scotland Yard told MailOnline that her killer is still on the loose and according to eyewitness reports on social media, the innocent teenager was caught in the crossfire in a gang war.
On the same day, a 16-year-old boy was left fighting for his life after being shot in a separate incident minutes later less than two miles away in Walthamstow, East London.
A 17-year-old boy was also stabbed and he is understood to be critically injured.

The streets of London are now more deadly than New York, with the capital recording a higher murder rate for the first time in modern history in February.

So far this year, the Metropolitan Police has launched 47 murder investigations - eight in January, 15 in February, 22 in March and two in April.


Culled from DailyMailOnline.

Not only London, even Toronto Canada has high crime and murder rate now ,mostly perpetrated by Somalis and Jamaicans (60percent ) and a few Chinese criminals gangs (15 percent) and Italian criminal organizations(20 percent) . Edmonton has the highest Murder rate in Canada and 4th highest murder rate in North America(Canada/US)