Camberwell Stabbing: Frightened Resident Says Area Is Now Like The Bronx
A resident of the Camberwell estate in which four teenagers were stabbed last night said some people are scared to leave their flats.
Six boys - all under the age of 16 - have been arrested following the knife fight in South London, in what police say is an example of the "utter senselessness of knife crime".
Lorraine Wooller lived on the estate for 45 years, but has moved following the increased violence in Camberwell.
Speaking to LBC, she said: "I've never seen anything like this in my life. It's getting like The Bronx, it's disgusting.
"There's always gangs around here. It gets worse every day. You're too scared to come out of your house. My sister doesn't like coming out the house any more."
Ms Wooller told of a terrifying incident of a neighbour who sent their son to France after a man stormed into their flat to stab him.
She revealed: "This woman told me she shipped her boy off to France because a couple of weeks ago, I got a bash at the door. She opened it and said a black man rushed in with a knife and acid after her son.
"And he's not one of those that go out and get involved with that, so I don't know why they were after him."