Harry Potter actor Robert Knox fatally stabbed in London

[klutzon]

My brother came home a few minutes ago telling me he heard that Rupert Grint, the guy who plays "Ron Weasley" in Harry Potter, was stabbed to death. I checked it up, and indeed there was a fatal stabbing, but not of Rupert Grint, but Robert Knox, who is starring in the next Harry Potter movie. He died trying to protect his 16-year-old brother (more here). And this happened 5 days ago. Damn...

Robert Knox, 18, was caught up in a fight outside the Metro Bar in Sidcup just after midnight, London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement. The teen’s death – less than two weeks after another youngster was brutally slain only a few miles (kilometers) away – has focused the British capital’s attention on knife crime.

Knox plays Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby in "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince,“ the sixth cinematic installment of the wildly popular Harry Potter series, set for release this fall. Warner Bros. said it was shocked by the news. Knox was one of five young men and boys taken to various hospitals across the capital after the brawl, police said. Among them was a 21-year-old who has since been arrested on suspicion of murder. The fight did not appear to be gang-related, police added, but it puts the number of violent teenage deaths in London at 14 so far this year.

Knox played on the same rugby club as another recent teenage victim, Jimmy Mizen, who was fatally stuck with a piece of glass outside a south London bakery earlier this month after refusing to take part in a fight.
England and Wales’ homicide rate is more than three times lower than that of the U.S., according to 2005 statistics, but the parade of young victims on the nightly news has disquieted Londoners.

The city’s new mayor, Boris Johnson, won election on promises to tackle violent crime. And the Metropolitan Police have recently kicked off an aggressive new program to search anyone they wish for knives without having to justify their suspicions beforehand.

England’s children’s commissioner, Sir Al Aynsley-Green, has warned the searches could backfire if they build hostility among young people. "There is a balance here,“ Aynsley-Green told British Broadcasting Corp. television Saturday. "On the one hand for young people to feel safer by having the presence of the police – but on the other hand making sure the new powers don’t create further antagonism by increased stopping and searching.“

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[OzzieBloke]

It's sadly pathetic that the other kid was killed for refusing to get into a fight.

Things are getting worse there...

[phial]

The kid with the "live fast die young" shirt needs to be beaten badly.

[Tyr-Sog]

man that sucks..

RIP

[mbeeston]

is this gonan effect the movie?

still sad RIP

[Doozer]

Thats not far from where I live.

[fO Che -USA-]

knives / Guns really whats the difference.

[.nox]

Originally Posted by phial

The kid with the "live fast die young" shirt needs to be beaten badly.

My thought exactly. Completely lack of respect.

[OzzieBloke]

Originally Posted by nOx34

My thought exactly. Completely lack of respect.

He probably thought he was making a "statement". Pity it was "I'm a useless knob with no sense of respect or decorum."

[xCLAVEx]

That sucks hardcore, murdered for trying to not fight...

But I have to ask; who did he play in Harry Potter and which movie/movies was he in? I can't seem to find him listed in any of the IMDB sections. Was it just a minor role?

[Koenig]

Originally Posted by xCLAVEx

That sucks hardcore, murdered for trying to not fight...

But I have to ask; who did he play in Harry Potter and which movie/movies was he in? I can't seem to find him listed in any of the IMDB sections. Was it just a minor role?

Ya, it was a minor role. It was to be his last role regardless as the character graduates in the next film. I had to wiki it since I couldnt recall him either.

RIP to the kid though.. What a shame.

[klutzon]

Originally Posted by OzzieBloke

He probably thought he was making a "statement". Pity it was "I'm a useless knob with no sense of respect or decorum."

I actually think it didn't occur to him whatsoever, and he just threw that shirt on because that's the closest thing he could grab on his way out of the house. If he did put that on on purpose, he's a major dick.