Pretana Morgan is comforted at the spot where her son Rhyhiem Barton was shot

Three people were shot on the streets of London in daylight yesterday and a man was stabbed to death in Luton as the Bank Holiday weekend was marred by violence.

Two teenagers, 13 and 15, were injured in separate attacks that occurred within seconds of each other on a busy high street in Harrow at lunchtime. One was hit in the head.

Hours later, a 22-year-old man was shot on New Cross Road in the southeast of the capital. All three of the victims were being treated for their injuries in hospitals last night.

The shootings came less than 24 hours after Rhyhiem Barton, 17, was shot dead in Southwark, south London, on Saturday evening. Yesterday his mother called for an end to the gang