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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Martin Fricker & Tom Pettifor & Lucy Thornton & Dave Burke

Zombie knives and machetes still killing kids despite FIVE Tory promises to ban them

Suella Braverman is now the fifth Tory Home Secretary to promise a ban on zombie knives and machetes.

Botched Tory legislation means that seven years after they first promised to ban zombie knives and machetes the horrific weapons are still available to criminals.

The blades, used to carry out dozens of killings, are readily available – and if police find a zombie knife or machete in the home of a violent criminal they are powerless to act.

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