AJ: "Two teens jailed over machete murder of 14-year-old on London bus"

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Two British teenagers have been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 15 years, for stabbing to death a 14-year-old boy on a London bus in broad daylight earlier this year.

Judge Mark Lucraft at London’s Old Bailey court sentenced the pair, who cannot be named due to their age, to life in prison on Friday. He ordered that they be considered for parole after 15 years and 110 days in detention.

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The attack has reignited concern around youth gang violence and the ongoing problem of knife crime that has plagued the British capital and other cities in the United Kingdom for years.

Across Britain, knife crime is up by nearly 80 percent since 2015.

Two teens jailed over machete murder of 14-year-old on London bus

Attack reignited concern around the ongoing problem of knife crime that has plagued the British capital for years.

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