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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

No London shooting deaths in six months as police say gun trade stifled

A machine pistol seized in a Met police operation in 2020.
A machine pistol seized in a Met police operation in 2020. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

Drug gangs are finding it increasingly difficult to get guns to terrorise rivals and their own members as London approaches six months without anyone being shot dead, Scotland Yard has said.

Metropolitan police chiefs are trying to work out what has led to the fall in gun deaths and gun attacks in the capital. Not since 31 October 2021 has anyone been killed in a shooting on the streets of London. Fifteen people were shot dead in London in 2018, one fewer the year after, and 12 in 2021.

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