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UK government deploys new strategy to tackle street crime
A boxing club set up by a man that was shot and killed four years ago works to keep men off the streets. Ensuring support for community-led projects like this is part of a new government strategy to tackle violent crime in London.
UK government deploys new strategy to tackle street crime
The head of London police acknowledges tackling the recent spike in violent crime will be a challenge, and says a task force has just been set up. / TRTWorld
By Ioanna Sakoufaki

London's violent crime has risen dramatically in the last few years. 

As a result, the government is supporting community-led projects to tackle violent crime in the city.

This boxing club is a project that tries to keep men and boys off the streets, out of gangs, and most importantly, alive.

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TRT World'sSara Firth reports from a boxing club in London.

SOURCE:TRT World
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