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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Ria Pathak

Five-Year-Olds Caught with Kitchen Knives in Class: Are 1,300 Knife Incidents Proof UK Schools Need Urgent Protection?

A knife on a table. (Credit: wu yi/Unsplash)

The UK has been dealing with the knife attack epidemic for quite a while, and with more disturbing information from the ground coming in, it seems like the situation is not getting any better.

A recent BBC investigation has revealed that children as young as four and five have brought knives into UK classrooms, with police data showing more than 1,300 knife-related incidents in schools and colleges across England and Wales last year.

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