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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Carla Feric

Charities slam laws which allow ‘careless’ retailers to sell deadly knives

So-called zombie knives are easily available online (Joe Giddens/PA) - (PA Archive)

Knife crime charities have demanded stricter regulation of online marketplaces, because “careless” retailers are making it too easy for young people to buy knives.

The Government has promised new laws around the sale of knives, as it has emerged that Southport killer Axel Rudakubana, then 17, ordered a knife on Amazon before the atrocity.

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