Noni Madueke backs Arsenal push to tackle knife crime

There was a poignant silence as Tashan Daniel’s parents emerged on to Ken Friar Bridge on a cold, wet February afternoon in north London. With heads bowed, the England forwards Noni Madueke and Alessia Russo and the former Arsenal international turned TV host Alex Scott greeted them with a hug before beginning a slow walk that Daniel was not able to complete in September 2019.

The 20-year-old aspiring athlete and photographer was stabbed to death at Hillingdon station on his way to watch his beloved Arsenal face Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup. “I’ve got no words; it’s horrible, something that shouldn’t be happening,” Madueke said, adding that he spent much of the half hour it took to reach Daniel’s seat inside the Emirates speaking to Daniel’s father, Chandy.

“We were just talking about Arsenal, just talking about life. He’s a real Arsenal fan and his son was as well.

England, north London

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