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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Eleni Courea and Rajeev Syal

Crossbow laws being urgently reviewed after three women killed, says minister

Two women, one with her arm round the shoulder of another, look at flowers on the ground.
Women look at flowers on Wednesday, left near a property in Bushey where three women were found dead in a suspected crossbow attack. Photograph: Teri Pengilley/The Guardian

Ministers will move “at pace” to review the law on crossbow ownership, the security minister has said, after three women were killed in a suspected crossbow attack in Hertfordshire.

Dan Jarvis said it was “entirely reasonable” to question whether existing laws on the weapons were appropriate and that ministers would act decisively if they needed to be changed.

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