All news on the topic: Knife crime

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Mum 'kills three young daughters before calling police and blaming her husband'
Police said a bloodstained pillow was found at the apartment and it was possible it was used to smoother the children who were all found unresponsive at the apartment
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Last moments of 'selfless' woman stabbed to death on way to meet mum for coffee
Grandmother Michelle Hodgkinson, 51, was stabbed to death when she was on her way to meet her mother in Droylsden, Greater Manchester, for coffee on Friday afternoon
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Man wrongly jailed for young mum's murder homeless after blowing £700,000 compo
Colin Stagg admits getting his £706,000 compensation by the Home Office to 'rebuild his life' felt 'a bit like winning the lottery' and he splashed out his money on cars, holidays and gifts
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Chilling moment prisoner attacks guard after stalking him through jail
Kevin Jones was seen on CCTV trying to stalk the victim around the Blackthorn Unit at HMP Bullingdon before pulling a sharpened plastic knife out of his pocket
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Manhunt for killer after woman stabbed near canal in possible stranger attack
Greater Manchester Police is as yet unable to confirm if the killer knew his victim, who the force says was pronounced dead at an address in Droylsden this afternoon
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Man stabbed to death after saving friend in knife attack as two boys arrested
Salah Adam died as he tried to save his friend from a vicious knife attack in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, this week, police said as they paid tribute to the young man
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Man killed dad after slashing his girlfriend with hammer and tying son up
A man bludgeoned a news anchor to death with a hammer, injuring his girlfriend and their two children, leaving the 10-year-old son tied up in a closet
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Mum shares red flags she spotted of daughter before ‘stabbing brother to death’
In a tragic incident in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a 12-year-old girl allegedly fatally stabbed her 9-year-old brother - now her mum has shared the red flags she saw just two weeks prior
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Mass stabbing attack leaves three dead after massacre outside Target store
A series of violent incidents in San Jose and Milpitas, California, involving stabbings, a carjacking, and a fatal collision outside a Target store, left three people dead
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Teen who killed her accused rapist will not be jailed after running from prison
Pieper Lewis, now 18, had faced 20 years in jail for fatally stabbing her alleged rapist to death. After being detained she cut off her GPS ankle monitor and fled women's prison Fresh Start Women's Center in Des Moines, Iowa
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Girl, 12, says 'I'm so sorry mamma' as she's arrested for 'killing her brother'
Police bodycam footage captures the young girl breaking down in tears before asking cops whether she's going to jail after she was handcuffed at their home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US
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Three children stabbed near school in mass attack which left them injured
Police in Ekilstuna, Sweden, confirmed that a fight broke out between two rival youth gangs near to a sports facility in the town - which has left at least three with stab wounds
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Grandad 'with a heart of gold' dies a year after being attacked by two ex-pals
Just a year after being brutally stabbed on the side of his torso at a flat in Blackpool on September 29, 2017, Jeremy Fitzsimmons passed away. Since he has been remembered as a man 'with a heart of gold'
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Ex-South African rugby star stabbed and dad shot by gang who threatened children
The shocking incident that left former Springbok star Lukas van Biljon and his father injured took place in the early hours on a farm at Oranjeville, Free State Province with police now hunting those involved
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Sister heard 'blood-curdling scream' as much-loved brother dies in front of her
Nicola Ellison described the heart-wrenching moment she received a call telling her to get to the hospital as her brother Adam had been stabbed - sadly, doctors could not save him
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Boy buying PlayStation controller killed after being mistaken for someone else
Two teenagers have been found guilty of the heartless slaughter of 16-year-old Ronan Kanda, who was killed in a horrifying case of mistaken identity after he went to buy a PlayStation controller
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'I can't move on and get closure since my daughter was killed by total stranger'
The dad of seven-year-old Emily Jones has told how he continues to relive the horror of her being killed by a complete stranger in a Bolton park and is unhappy with a coroner's ruling
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'Kate Middleton's killer charity CEO must atone for his sickening crime'
As a teenager, Paul Carberry chased a man down a train carriage and stabbed him to death. The killer is now the celebrated CEO of one of the biggest UK children's charities
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Princess Kate charity boss is convicted murderer who stabbed man on train
Paul Carberry stabbed a father-to-be on a train five times and wounded another passenger - but Kate and William had no idea of his crimes when they met him at a primary school a year ago
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Satanic gangster decapitated Uber Eats driver and stabbed him 35 times
Oscar Adrian Solis Jr murdered Uber Eats driver, Randall Cooke, in an unprovoked attack as the latter delivered his food
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'My son walked out - then I got the call that's every mother's worst nightmare'
Aspiring boxer Teon Campbell, 16, was killed in April last year outside Double Jab Boxing Club, Lewisham, when he was stabbed to death to the despair of his mother Janine Campbell
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Former NFL star sentenced to at least 12 years in prison over stabbing death
Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Eric Wilkerson, one of the best players in Kent State's history, will spend more than a decade in prison after admitting his part in the death of Brian Weems III
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The man accused of killing four university friends as they slept
Bryan Kohberger's name became well known after his arrest in connection with the savage killings of four University of Idaho students while they slept.
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Accused murderer who slain students while they slept refuses to enter plea
Bryan Kohberger refused to enter a plea in the murders of four University of Idaho students who were brutally stabbed to death in a shocking attack
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UK shop sells reduced knife to child on condition that 'he doesn't kill anyone'
Police in Wolverhampton, west Midlands, heard the brazer shop worker tell a teen that he could buy the blade if he promised not to stab someone with the deadly weapon