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Lucy Marshall

Fury as dumped knives left on Leeds street where 'kids or drunkards' could pick them up

Leeds neighbours have pleaded with people to "use their common sense" after someone dumped a box of knives onto busy street.

Leeds Residents Inner North West (LRINW), a group that campaigns against anti-social behaviour in the city, were conducting a fly-tipping clean up on Friday (July 1) around 11am. Mid-clean up the team found a box of kitchen utensils was found dumped on the a residential street in Buckingham Mount, Headingley.

"Some of these knives that we've seen are sharp enough to skin a crocodile", a spokesperson for LRINW said. "Those knives could get into the hands of nefarious individuals, kids or drunkards and used to cause serious harm."

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