Hundreds are expected to march from Ibrox Stadium to Celtic Park today in a demonstration against knife crime.
Kory McCrimmon(Image: Easterhouse Football Academy.)
The family of tragic Kory McCrimmon will join a ‘Parents Against Knives’ march in Glasgow today.
Hundreds are set to walk through the streets of the city from Ibrox Stadium to Celtic Park at 1pm.
Kory died after an attack involving a bladed weapon on May 31, 2024. He was found seriously injured in the city’s Greenfield Park.
Ahead of the march his family vowed the 16-year-old’s life “will not be in vain” as they urged others to join the walk.
The march comes in the wake of the deaths of teenagers Amen Teklay and Kayden Moy in separate incidents in recent weeks. The tragedies have taken place amid the Record’s Our Kids … Our Future campaign, which was launched two years ago in response to a youth violence epidemic.
In a statement issued through Victim Support Scotland, Kory’s family previously said: “Kory McCrimmon’s young life was a brushstroke in time but we his family wish for his death to make a difference: Kory’s life will not be in vain.
Amen Teklay, left, Kayden Moy, middle, and Kory McCrimmon, right
“Our aim here is to continue highlighting the increase in deaths and danger by knife and violent crime. Our sons and daughters are more than statistics, they deserve better.
“Kory’s parents are very clear: if we can prevent at least one more family going through this life-shattering agony, we have gone a long way in our mission, but let’s go further.
“We walk in Kory’s name but we stand for all those lives lost or maimed to knife violence: too much, too many. No more.
“Come join our walk and lend your hearts and voices to making our streets, our young people and our lives safer.”
Two boys aged 14 and 16 have appeared in court charged with murder following the death of 15-year-old Amen in the Maryhill area of Glasgow on March 5.
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Kayden, 16, was found seriously injured on Irvine beach in North Ayrshire after police were called to the area at about 6.45pm on May 17.
A 14-year-old boy and two 17-year-old boys have appeared in court charged with murder following his death.
Kate Wallace, chief executive of Victim Support Scotland, said: “Too many lives are being devastated by knife crime in Scotland.
“Behind every statistic, hundreds of lives are irreversibly impacted with tragic consequences for everyone involved; family, friends, siblings, school mates, and the wider communities in which we all live.
“We support the Parents Against Knives walk, organised entirely by the McCrimmon family in memory of their son Kory, which will undoubtedly help draw attention to this growing crisis.
“These are complex and sensitive situations which require a multi-agency response from the Scottish Government, victim support organisations, police, social work, youth work and others to work together to tackle knife crime and the devastation it causes. People across Scotland deserve to feel safe in their own communities.”