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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Evan Michael Clerigo

Fear On Britain's Streets: Birmingham Stabbing Highlights Growing Knife Crime Crisis Across UK

Police intensify patrols in Birmingham amid rising concern over knife crime in the UK. (Credit: Pixabay)

A fatal bus stop stabbing in Birmingham has reignited fears about knife crime and public safety in Britain, as new figures show the number of blade-related offences continuing to climb across England and Wales.

Katie Fox, 34, was attacked without warning on Friday evening while waiting for a bus on Smallbrook Queensway, just outside the Bullring shopping centre. She later died from a stab wound to the neck, in what police described as an 'unprovoked' and 'abhorrent' assault.

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