WATCH: Locals gather for emotional vigil at scene of double teen stabbing in Bristol

A vigil has been held close to the scene where two Bristol teenagers were stabbed to death.

Local anti-knife campaigner Leanne Reynolds was joined by a large group of local residents in Knowle West.

Two boys, aged 15 and 16, died in hospital in the early hours of the morning after a violent incident in Ilminster Avenue, Knowle West, at around 11.20pm last night (Saturday).

They had been attacked by a number of people who made off from the scene in a car. The teenagers sustained fatal stab wounds.

Two arrests have already been made - a 44-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy - and police have confirmed that they are still hunting further suspects.

Local anti-knife campaigner Leanne Reynolds urged people to ‘stand up’ against the rise in knife crime in the city and to work together.

She said: “We need to stand up as a community and as a city. No child should be on our streets with a knife, they have no reason.

“Go home, search your children’s room and have a look. Anything you find, get it out of the room and stand together. Don’t be frightened to go and look for help.

“Do not let your children come in with new clothes and new trainers that you don’t know where they’re from. They are being groomed, get them off the streets.

“We need to work together as a community, we need funding, we need to bang on doors, we need our kids off the streets.”