One friend described seeing a 15-year-old boy laying with his eyes just open and he's quite traumatised by that. Mr Ali, who has lived in the neighbourhood for 15 years, said violence in the area is not new, adding: I feel sad. I've got a heavy heart, but I've witnessed this time and time and time again, over and over.
The likelihood is that things of this nature are going to keep happening unless the root causes are discovered and treated. I don't think anything's really been done to tackle the root causes of youth violence in London.
Father Damian Ryan, 43, a priest at a church bordering the park, estimated that more than 1,000 people were in attendance at Sunday's event and were spilling over onto the nearby streets.
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