London, Nov 3 (AFP\/APP):On a dark autumn evening, first-timers arriving for self-defence classes at Urban Fit and Fearless are asked if they have had any past traumas before they start training.<\/p>\n
After a series of high-profile murders of women in London in recent months, the number of young female participants joining the class is high.
\nOne of them, Laura Thompson, a 29-year-old account manager, told AFP: “I think a lot of women at the moment, especially living in London, are pretty shaken up.<\/p>\n
“I know a lot of friends that openly talk about how worried they are or how they don’t feel safe.
\n“It’s definitely in the back of my mind and I think something like this is definitely going to help.”<\/p>\n
The disappearance of Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old marketing executive, as she walked home in south London in March sparked renewed anger and concern about women’s safety.
\nA serving Metropolitan Police officer later admitted her kidnap, rape and murder, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.<\/p>\n
Everard’s murder came nearly a year after two sisters, Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman, were stabbed to death by a man in a Satanic-inspired attack in a northwest London park.<\/p>\n
In September, a schoolteacher, Sabina Nessa, was found dead in another park, in the southwest of the British capital. A man has since been charged with her murder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
London, Nov 3 (AFP\/APP):On a dark autumn evening, first-timers arriving for self-defence classes at Urban Fit and Fearless are asked if they have had any past traumas before they start training. After a series of high-profile murders of women in London in recent months, the […]<\/p>\n
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