If I were to tell you that a teen in the UK was critically injured in a stabbing, would you be surprised?

The answer is probably no, because people get stabbed all the time all over the world.

However, if you've been paying attention to the news, you've probably heard a ton of stories about escalating knife crime in the UK.

In fact, we've heard that London now surpasses New York in terms of homicide.

So there's been a lot of discussion about knives and murder. There's been proposals to dull knives or even ban knives.

But is that actually a solution? What's actually causing the violence?

And is it possible that these proposals will simply backfire?

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Our first story from the BBC teen critically injured after three London stabbings.

A teenage boy has been critically wounded and two others injured in three unrelated stabbings across London.

The 17-year-old was found stabbed in Coles, Crescent, Haro after police were alerted at 2011 BST.

Two other men, both aged in their 20s, were injured in separate stabbings in Northhold West London and Brixton, South London.

The mayor of London, Cedit Khan, said he was due to meet home secretaries, Ajij Javed, on Monday to discuss how we address the scourge of serious violence across Britain,

following a fatal stabbing in North London on Saturday.

The killing near Turnpike Lane Tube Station in Haringay is the Mets 74th Murder Investigation this year.

I think most of you are probably not surprised that there are so many murder investigations and stabbings in London,

because we keep hearing about these stories.

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