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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lynn Rusk

Heartbroken mother of murdered boy says teenage knife violence is getting worse

Pooja Kanda says her family is broken since losing her son Ronan to knife violence (Pooja Kanda/PA) -

The mother of a school boy who was stabbed to death in a case of mistaken identity says she feels “sad and hopeless” over the increase in knife violence among young people.

Pooja Kanda, 47, from Wolverhampton, says it takes her back to the day her son was killed every time she hears of another teenager losing their life to knife crime in the UK.

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