'We need young people to know there's no safe place to stab someone'

"A mother whose 16-year-old son was murdered with a machete has called for more education to challenge a "deadly myth" among young people that there is a "safe place" to stab someone. Kamari Johnson was attacked in a row over a stolen moped in Bourne Avenue, Hayes, in west London in May last year. His story is featured in a campaign video by the charity StreetDoctors, being shown in hundreds of cinemas across the UK."

"The film, The Fatal Question, which was created alongside the marketing agency Saatchi & Saatchi, asks a group of school children from London to consider which part of the body would be a safe place to stab someone, before revealing that any injury can be deadly. "Unfortunately, a lot of young people carry knives because they feel unsafe," explained StreetDoctors chief executive officer Martin Tilbury."

Kamari Johnson, a 16-year-old, was attacked in a dispute over a stolen moped in Hayes, west London, and died after being injured with a machete. A campaign film called The Fatal Question, produced with Saatchi & Saatchi for StreetDoctors, asks schoolchildren which part of the body would be a safe place to stab someone, then reveals that any injury can be fatal. StreetDoctors says many young people carry knives because they feel unsafe and that social media fuels that fear. The film has been shown in hundreds of UK cinemas. Kamari's mother said children searching online for 'safe' stabbing locations shocked her.

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