Rumours are circulating that EastEnders is planning to kill off teen character Shakil Kazemi and suggest he could meet a tragic end in the shocking knife story that was announced last week.
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It was announced last week that the BBC One soap is lining up a powerful plot about knife crime which will feature Shakil and his best friend Keegan Taylor.
The teens will be set upon by knife-carrying thugs and reports in various publications including The Sun and Digital Spy suggest Shakil could lose his life in the horrific attack.
The show’s writers and producers worked alongside former EastEnders actress Brooke Kinsella MBE who tragically lost her brother Ben to a knife attack ten years ago.
Since losing Ben, Brooke has tirelessly campaigned for harsher rules to bring knife crime under control in the UK.
She said of the new storyline: “The pain will never go away. I commend EastEnders for choosing to portray the realities of knife crime. It destroys lives.
“This storyline will bring home how it damages lives of victims, offenders, their families and friends for ever.”
EastEnders boss John Yorke added: “The episodes are heartbreaking and dramatic.”
Ben was stabbed to death by a gang of three youths in June 2008 when he was just 16 years old.
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His death was the 17th fatal stabbing in London that year.