Knife crime

UK banning even more blades in hope of getting on top of its crime problem, “ninja swords” the latest specific shape blamed for killings

In response to the knife crime epidemic in Britain, the Labour Party government has announced new and stricter penalties for online retailers for the sale of knives to minors or the sale of banned blades.

Two women have died in a knife attack on Thursday at a shopping center in the Czech Republic, officials said.

One man has died, and another was left seriously injured following a stabbing in the early hours of Saturday morning in Dublin, Ireland.

Police force data has shown that nearly half of all murders in the United Kingdom were committed with a knife or other sharp weapon over the past three years.

Two UK pollsters released research on the death penalty, finding strong support for executing terrorists in the wake of the Southport attack.

A report ordered by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper risks tarring “significant swathes” of the public with the “far-right” brush, critics warn.

The jailing of Axel Rudakubana, who rushed into a children’s party and tried to kill everyone inside has triggered a debate on legal reform. 

Rudakubana won’t necessarily spend his whole life in jail because he was days shy of his 18th birthday when he attacked.

Several UK newspapers fell in step with PM deflection on Southport massacre, implying real problem facing country is Amazon selling knives. 

At least two people have been killed, including a child, in a mass stabbing at a historic but now crime-plagued park in a Bavarian town. 

A man has been arrested after several people were injured Tuesday in an apparent Berlin knife attack, which resulted in two people being hospitalised.

A man was left in critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest during a fight on Westminster Bridge in the heart of London on Sunday.

A man has been arrested after three people were attacked in a London market on Sunday, leaving two injured and one dead.

Taylor Swift dance party attack suspect Axel Rudakubana has been further charged with posessing ricin and an Al-Qaeda “training manual”. 

The Arizona State University student who allegedly stabbed her classmate in a seemingly random attack has had her first-degree attempted murder charge dropped by prosecutors.

A teenage boy was stabbed to death in London on Sunday evening, becoming the latest victim of the knife crime epidemic plaguing the British capital.

Two people who were critically injured in attacks while attending London´s Notting Hill Carnival earlier this week have died, police said Saturday.

Police arrested a 32-year-old woman after six people were hurt in a knife attack on a bus headed to a festival in western Germany. Authorities said Saturday that there was no evidence of a political or religious motive.

A murder investigation has been launched after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death in the Birmingham suburb of Oldbury.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man in a wheelchair was stabbed to death with a machete Wednesday in east London.

Violent knife and sex offenders can increasingly escape prosecution if they show contrition and say sorry, a report Wednesday claims.

The first day of London’s annual Notting Hill Carnival saw at least 38 arrests, multiple knives seized, and a man stabbed, prompting police to enact stop and search powers.

Police arrested four people following a stabbing in front of a row of shops in the multicultural British city of Birmingham.

Four Syrian brothers have been arrested after a 67-year-old teacher was nearly killed in a knife attack last month in a suburb of Hamburg, Germany.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested after a multiple stabbing incident in Manchester left a woman dead and two others seriously injured.

A man has been charged with attempted murder and held in custody in relation to the stabbing of a young child in broad daylight.

11 children and two adults were stabbed at a mother and baby support centre dance party, three children fatally.

A third child has died after a stabbing at a Taylor Swift-theme party, allegedly by a knifeman from a family of Rwandan refugees.

Two children have died and 11 people injured in a mass stabbing at a children’s Taylor Swift-themed children’s party in Liverpool on Monday. 

A mass stabbing in Southport, in northern England, has resulted in multiple casualties, some of whom were brought to a children’s hospital.

A London bus passenger was stabbed by a fellow commuter after asking his assailant to take his feet off the seats, the latest in a week of knife attacks in the capital.

An Afghan migrant in Germany is being investigated for attempted murder after a Ukrainian woman was stabbed in a Frankfurt park bench on Monday.

A 17-year-old has been arrested after a double stabbing on a Bournemouth beach left one woman dead and another hospitalised.

A man is accused of stabbing a tourist near New York City’s Times Square on Saturday, leaving residents shocked.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a woman at a bus stop in north-west London on Thursday.