All news on the topic: Knife crime

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Two arrested for ’murder’ after a 20-year-old man is stabbed to death in east London
A 20-year-old man has been stabbed to death in east London.
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Retailers who sell knives online are subject to stricter regulations
Stricter rules for retailers selling knives online - and tougher penalties for those who break them - are to be introduced in the spring.
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Life inside the UK’s most dangerous town where wild kids on quad bikes rule the area – and it’s too terrifying for buses to stop
A boy of eight leans against a wall and takes furtive drags from a vape as he chats to an older mate.
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MPs informed that a misspelling of the Southport killer’s name may have led Prevent to close the case
Review finds Axel Rudakubana’s surname was incorrect in one of three referrals to scheme to spot potential terrorists.
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Knife-wielding assailants storm busy London restaurant, confronting a couple as horrified diners look on
A London restaurant was thrown into chaos last night when three would-be attackers stormed in and confronted a young couple at dinner.
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Woolwich Stabbing: Schoolboy, 14, knifed to death on bus ’named as online rapper Grippa’
A teenager who was stabbed in front of horrified passengers on a Woolwich bus has been named as online rapper ’Grippa’ - who released a track on Christmas titled ’Bangers & Mash’
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Two individuals hospitalized following a stabbing incident on a main road in London
Two people have been taken to hospital after a stabbing on a major high road in north London.
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The family of a murdered teen cadet calls for action to combat the surge of knife crime
Nathaniel Shani was stabbed in the neck by two boys since jailed for over a decade, and his family are now calling on politicians to take action on knife crime
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Brit jailed after stabbing boy, 6, in the neck near school in Madrid
Albal Z was caught hiding in a hostel after he randomly stabbed a six-year-old boy outside the Hastings School in Madrid - the child underwent an emergency operation after the attack
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Boy, 17, admits killing Croydon schoolgirl Elianne Andam - but denies murder
Elianne Andam, 15, was repeatedly stabbed while walking to school in Croydon in September
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Wife who murdered 'kind' husband after drinking cocktails jailed for life
Lisa Ellwood, 40, stabbed her husband Ryan Ellwood in the chest in their Wakefield, West Yorkshire, home and has now been sentenced after being found guilty
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Woman sitting on bench in park robbed by two teenage boys
The pair threatened the woman on a canal path in Sankey Valley Park, Liverpool before attacking her and forcing her to hand over her belongings at knifepoint
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'Beautiful' boy, 17, murdered after bravely standing up to estate's drug kingpin
Callum Riley, 17, was stabbed to death in September 2022 in a fight in Manchester with a friend at the home of a drug dealer with whom he had become embroiled in a feud
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Moment knife-wielding teen chases man through clothes shop after deadly stabbing
Joshua Howell and his friend Alfie Hammett, both 19, have been put behind bars after a deadly stabbing in Ipswich - the attack was branded a 'senseless act of extreme violence'
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Boy, 13, brutally stabbed on street moments after 'leaving mosque' to go home
Police Scotland are investigasting the horrifying stabbing of a 13-year-old boy in Queens Park, Glasgow, on his way home from a mosque as loved ones released a picture of him in hospital 'drenched in blood'
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Three rushed to hospital with knifeman on-the-run as police descend on town
A huge cordon has been erected as police tackle the serious incident in Bury, Greater Manchester, which has left at least three people hurt early this afternoon
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Woman took knife off attacking sex offender and stabbed him to death
A Louisiana woman was able to fight off a convicted sex offender before stabbing him to death with the same weapon he had threatened her with earlier, say police
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Police release photo of teenager stabbed to death in park in broad daylight
West Midlands Police have today shared a photo of Harleigh Hepworth; a 17-year-old boy who was tragically stabbed to death in West Park in Wolverhampton on Thursday afternoon
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Tennager knifed to death in park as hero bystander tried to save 17-year-old
A teenager stabbed to death in West Park, Wolverhampton, on Thursday has been identified as Harleigh Hepworth in an update by investigating police
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Teen stabbed to death in terrifying park attack as murder investigation launched
A murder investigation has been launched after a teenager was stabbed to death in a Wolverhampton park. He was pronounced dead shortly after police attended the scene on Thursday afternoon
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Girl, 13, confesses to helping paedo boyfriend kill mum and stuff body in fridge
WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: The horror killing by the 13-year-old girl in Maceio, Brazil came after her mum, Flavia dos Santos Carneiro, had disagreed with her moving in with her boyfriend
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Lover lured boyfriend into honeytrap after family paid £3k to have him murdered
Emma Giles and her family hatched a twisted murder plot to kill her ex-boyfriend - but he narrowly escaped death after he was stabbed in the chest outside his home
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Mum's two words to describe thug who murdered son by stabbing him 40 times
Nathan Costello brutally knifed his former friend Taylor Black to death in a frenzied attack in Stockton-on-Tees - Taylor's mother has spoken out four years after the murder
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Family of murdered teen react with fury as killer set to apply for parole
Killer Luke Mitchell, 34, is eligible to apply for parole in April after serving nearly 20 years in prison for the murder of his then 14-year-old girlfriend Jodi Jones in 2003
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Woman stabs sex offender to death as he tried to attack her at laundrette
Police were called to the laundrette in Louisiana, US, where Nicholas Tranchant, 40, was found unresponsive with a visible stab wound and taken to a nearby hospital where he later died