Londonibad: Kids in school being taught to treat Stab Wounds

Pictured is a medieval flail - - which has two spiked metal balls on a wooden pole - handed in by a London resident

Disbelief at 'sad state of affairs' as police are brought into schools to teach 13-year-olds how to treat stab and gunshot wounds

• City of London Police trained ninth year pupils how to treat stab wounds at school

Children aged 13 are being taught how to treat stab and gunshot wounds by police officers in school.

The extraordinary class has been taught to ninth year pupils in inner city London schools by City of London Police officers.

It coincides with a rise in violent crime in the capital which has seen young people targeted by gangs, the most recent happening on Easter Monday.

Conservative mayoral candidate Susan Hall slammed the lessons as the 'sad reality of Sadiq Khan's London where knife crime is up 54 per cent' as Londoners hit out at the 'sad state of affairs'.

During the class at the City of London Academy secondary school in Southwark yesterday, officers taught pupils the sadly necessary skills which could save the life of someone who has been stabbed or shot.

Year nine pupils at the City of London Academy pictured being taught how to treat stab and gunshot wounds by a City of London Police officer

Officers (pictured) taught pupils the sadly necessary skills which could save the life of someone who has been stabbed or shot

A police officer at the scene in Comeragh Road, West Kensington, west London, on April 2 after a man was shot dead on Easter Monday

The City of London Police said the children were taught how to 'provide emergency treatment to someone suffering from a stab wound or ballistic injury' and how to stop bleeding in those situations.

The presentation that officers gave to pupils included a slide on 'Exposure and Evacuation'. The slide showed a picture Jack Nicholson as horror villain Jack Torrance from 1980 Kubrick film The Shining after he had frozen to death after being left in the cold all night.

Susan Hall told MailOnline: 'We shouldn't have to teach 13 and 14 year olds how to treat stab wounds, but that is the sad reality of Sadiq Khan's London where knife crime is up 54%.

'I am listening to Londoners, which is why I will put knife arches in every school that wants one and provide all frontline officers with knife detection wands, so we can get knives off our streets.'

The City of London Police told residents: 'Our officers have been teaching year 9 students at the City of London Academy how to treat stab wounds and stop a bleed.

'The students were shown potentially lifesaving skills and how to provide emergency treatment to someone suffering from a stab wound or ballistic injury.'

A 21-year-old man was shot dead in west London on Easter Monday, sparking a police hunt for the gunman. Police and ambulance crews were called to Comeragh Road in leafy West Kensington, where houses sell for close to £1million, just after 10pm.

A man was found with gunshots wounds and treated by paramedics but died at the scene.

Conservative mayoral candidate Susan Hall (pictured) slammed the lessons as the 'sad reality of Sadiq Khan's London where knife crime is up 54 per cent'

Social media users expressed horror at the state of affairs which has led children to have to learn these lifesaving skills due to an uptick in knife crime in London.

User Ben replied: 'It's a sad state of affairs when the police have to teach children how to treat knife and gunshot wounds.'

Another commenter, Mart, said it was 'frightening' that police had the teach the children these skills.

A third said: 'Disgusting that you need to do this. Tell Khan to sort out this problem.'

Police statistics revealed in January that more than 1,000 homicides had taken place in London since Sadiq Khan was elected mayor in 2016.

Reaction to the visit was mixed on social media - with some lamenting the need to teach children how to respond to stabbing or shooting incidents

Croydon was the borough with the highest homicide rate under Mr Khan's leadership with a total of 55 killings, amounting to just over 5 per cent of the total number of homicides in the capital.

Alongside the south London borough - the areas of Southwark, Brent, Greenwich and Newham were the locations for 25 per cent of all homicides in the last seven years, each contributing above 5 per cent of the total.

And this this year, the number of teenagers killed also remains high - with 21 youngsters killed in 2023, up from 14 in 2022. A further 30 were killed in 2021.

Prabjeet Veadhesa (pictured), 17,  in a brutal knife attack on his victim from behind

Tedi Fanta, 27, knifed retired civil servant Stephen Dempsey outside the Microsoft store on Oxford Street

A butcher-grade kitchen knife or, increasingly, the hunter's machete, has become the modern, random assailant's weapon of choice

There were approximately 12,786 knife or sharp instrument offences recorded by the police in London in 2022/23 

Rishi Sunak and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley look at knives and machetes seized after knife attacks

Rishi Sunak called for police and the courts to be given tougher powers to tackle zombie knives and machetes

In 2022 alone there were around 45,000 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument — that's around 865 a week

on board a moving Southeastern train a man stabbed another man with a large knife (pictured)

The man is seen holding a large blade as he stands over his victim, while terrified passengers beg for him to stop as they call 999

The attacker was then seen walking along the street with a large blade in his hand as he fled the scene

Renell Charles, 16, who was stabbed to death, was the 150th teenager to be murdered in London since Sadiq Khan became Mayor

Kearne Solanke (left), 16, was stabbed to death in south-east London. Charlie Bartolo (right), also 16, was another boy killed (stabbed to death by Keame and his gang)

A montage of 12  teenagers who have died by stabbing since Sadiq Khan became mayor of London

Pictured is a medieval flail - - which has two spiked metal balls on a wooden pole - turned in by a London resident

Pictured is a double-handed 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle' blade handed in by a resident

Pictured is a sword taken off London's streets

Pictured are swords handed in by a London resident

Pictured are a collection of weapons handed in. Some have been found in children's bedrooms and playgrounds

Pictured: A large blade and a machete handed in by a London resident

Kitchen knives were among the weapons handed in

Donovan Allen, 18, left, and Tyler Hurley, right, 16, were both stabbed to death in London 

Shea Gordon, left, and Jeremiah Sewell were also fatally stabbed last year in London 

Kane Moses, 19, left, and Ghulam Sadiq, 18, right, also died in London after being stabbed