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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sally Weale Education correspondent

Ban won’t end knife crime, says founder of Bristol academy whose pupils died

Mason Rist (left) and Max Dixon (right).
Mason Rist (left) and Max Dixon (right). Photograph: Avon and Somerset Police/PA

Banning “zombie” knives and machetes will not end the trauma of knife crime, the founder of an academy trust has warned, after two pupils at one of his schools were fatally stabbed over the weekend.

The Rev Steve Chalke, of Oasis academies, said the killing of Mason Rist, 15, and his 16-year-old friend Max Dixon in south Bristol was “absolutely devastating” for family and friends, their school and the wider community in Knowle West.

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