Brighton: Two bleed kits installed in city centre

The kits have been installed at The Level in Brighton

Two bleed kits have been installed in a city centre following the death of a teenager in October.

Mustafa Momand, 17, was fatally stabbed on Queens Road, Brighton, on 5 October and died later in hospital.

Sussex Police funded the kits and are hoping to install four more, with funding support from the Sussex Violence Reduction Partnership (SVRP).

Project Youth founder Carl Scott said deaths "could have been prevented if the bleed kits were there at the time".

Mustafa Momand was stabbed to death on Queens Road in October

Mr Scott, a former gang member himself, said: "I was stabbed myself when I was 15 and my best friend passed away.

"There is not enough deterrent for knife crime. People want street cred, or are doing these things because they are money orientated because of things such as drugs.

"People are also taking them out now more and more for protection."

He added that six stab kits will be handed out to night-time venues in the city, and no medical knowledge is needed to use them.

Anyone who phones to access a pack will be put through to a professional, who will be tell them whether the wound needs to be sealed, wrapped or packed.

Sergeant James Ward from Sussex Police said: "We'll be putting them in locations where there's high harm, those areas where we've seen serious violence and knife crime.

"This is a way of protecting members of the public should they receive any injury."