They tried their best to stop the killing - but for one young man it was already too late
As Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham launched the latest scheme aimed at tackling knife crime in the region, a short distance from the press conference, a tragically appropriate case study was being laid bare in court. Just half a mile away from where Burnham addressed assembled reporters in Manchester city centre, a 17-year-old boy sat in the dock of an imposing, Victorian crown court, facing the most serious criminal charge possible.
His killing was the culmination of a tragically common state of affairs. Arguments or beefs, between young men, ending with devastating consequences. Without the presence of a knife, such feuds would perhaps at worst end in cuts or bruises. Just 10 days before he killed Abdi, a youth worker saw a knife fall out of the his pocket during a meeting. And two days before the killing, Sibanda texted a friend saying 'let’s go cop a shank'.
"Not only are you risking your life being taken by being put in prison, but then you also have to deal with that on your conscience," he said in the video, addressing people considering carrying a knife. Abdi's death appeared to flare up out of nowhere. He and his killer, King Sibanda, knew each other. On the day of his death, Abdi had bumped into him in Bury town centre. The pair fist bumped each other, and all appeared well.
They began searching Bury town centre to look for Sibanda and his friend. The pair were stood outside some shops, outside the Mill Gate shopping centre in one of Bury's busiest town centre thoroughfares.
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