The father of murdered schoolboy Kiyan Prince is attending a summit on youth crime today following recent stabbings in the capital.

Mark Prince is joining other parents who have lost children to gun or knife crime to discuss ways to combat the problem.

He represents the Kiyan Prince Foundation which he set up with his wife Tracey Prince after their son was killed in 2007.

The promising young footballer was just 15-years-old when he was stabbed to death outside the gates of the London Academy, Edgware, in May 2006.

Deputy Mayor for Young People Ray Lewis, leading the event at City Hall, said: "It is imperative that we look at why so many young men and increasingly women are growing up angry, and disengaged from society.

"We need to offer them outlets and guidance that will respond to their aspirations and divert them away from gangs and antisocial behaviour, whether it is sporting activities, after school clubs or mentoring."

advertisementThe conference comes after The Metropolitan Police launched a high profile anti-knife crime operation two weeks ago in response to the recent surge in knife crime.

More than four thousand people have been stopped and searched in London in the past two weeks as part of the £1million Operation Blunt2.

Police have seized almost 200 weapons and made 210 arrests so far.

On Thursday, Sharmaarke Hassan, 17, who was shot in the head in Camden, became the 15th teenager to die through knife or gun crime in London this year.

Twenty-nine-year-old Jamie Graham, of Cricklewood, became the third person to be killed in the Barnet borough this year last Friday.

Sander Kesington, 24, of Windermere Avenue, Finchley and Carl Dewayne Taylor, 18, of Stockford Avenue, Mill Hill, have been charged with his murder in West Hendon.