Killed in 2019: The UK's first 100 victims - BBC News
More than 40 people have been fatally stabbed in the UK this year - the BBC has tracked the first 100 killings of 2019 revealing those who have tragically lost their lives.
With the number of fatal stabbings in England and Wales in 2017-18 the highest since records began - the BBC has tracked the first 100 killings in 2019 - revealing the people behind the headlines.

Stabbings were the largest single cause of death, totalling 40 fatalities out of 100, with the remaining 60 resulting from other causes such as assault or fire.

The age range of victims is strikingly wide.

A fifth of those killed this year were under the age of 20, but most commonly, victims were in their 20s and 30s.

The youngest was a one-month old baby boy and the oldest were twin brothers killed in Exeter, aged 84.

Twenty-two victims were killed in London, nine in Greater Manchester and eight in the West Midlands.

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Below are the names and, where available, photos and profiles of those who have tragically lost their lives so far this year.

If you can't see this interactive, click this link.

Information supplied by police forces in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The list is comprised of manslaughters, murders and infanticides. These causes of death are categorised as homicides by the Office of National Statistics.

Figures are correct as of 8 March 2019 but may change as investigations progress and charges are brought or dropped.

The figures do not include the case of Sean Fitzgerald who was shot during a police raid in Coventry, or a police investigation into an assisted suicide in Hampshire.

Update 22 March 2019: The list has been updated as a result of new information supplied to the BBC.