General Article I was stabbed and surrounded by gangs at school – this is how to stop these attacks

Topic Selected: Youth Violence Book Volume: 430

We need school systems that provide opportunities for staff to build relationships, and have a greater understanding of the local context they work in.

By Mohamed Abdallah

The two young men stopped me on my way home. I was near my home in southeast London, walking back after a long day of work at about 7pm in the evening.

Give me your phone, he says.

Ridiculously, I reply ‘no’. I was too old for this kind of thing. I knew people like this. I had once known people like this too well.

I said ag...

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