Teenager Anthony Walker died after a brutal axe attack as he waited with his girlfriend at a bus stop near his Merseyside home. The same evening Richard Whelan was stabbed on a London bus returning from an ordinary Friday night out. Has either incident changed young people's views about being out late? Discuss their personal strategies for deciding when and where it is safe to be out.
Many passengers left the top deck of the bus where Richard Whelan was stabbed when a man began behaving oddly. He was shouting and throwing takeaway food around. Would young people have moved downstairs too? How do you decide when it is a good idea to leave a potentially dangerous situation? How tempted would young people be to confront someone?
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