Chris uses stab trauma to deliver anti-knife Message; THE VERDICT ON KNIFE CRIME TEENS THE VICTIM.TEENAGER TeenagerSee also Adolescence. Ah, Wilderness! high-school senior has problems with girls and his father. [Am. Drama: O’Neill Ah, Wilderness! in Sobel, 15] Aldrich, Henry teenaged film character of the 1940s. [Am. Chris Ikolo was stabbed by a racist thug as he walked home from school in broad daylight. The 16-year-old was yards from his house when a knife was plunged into his back last September. Chris - who moved to Glasgow from war-torn Congo five years ago with mum Beiotsi, 40, and brother Yohan, seven - feared for his life. He said: "I tried to run away, then I felt a sharp pain. It got harder to breathe and I thought I was dying." He was taken to Glasgow's Victoria Infirmary infirmary /in·fir·ma·ry/ (-ah-re) a hospital or place where the sick or infirm are maintained or treated. in·fir·ma·ry n. where he had emergency surgery for wounds to a kidney. It took two months for him to heal and he remains nervous out on his own. Now musician For the popular-music magazine, see . “Instrumentalist” redirects here. For followers of the philosophy, see instrumentalism. A musician is a person who plays or composes music. Chris is helping get the anti-knife message across. He is playing a stabbing stab v. stabbed, stab·bing, stabs v.tr. 1. To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon. 2. To plunge (a pointed weapon or instrument) into something. 3. victim in play The Message which goes on tour next month. He said: "No one should use a knife. They can do so much damage." CAPTION(S): Scarred scar 1 n. 1. A mark left on the skin after a surface injury or wound has healed. 2. A lingering sign of damage or injury, either mental or physical: for life: Teen knife victim Chris |
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