“Figures uncovered using freedom of information requests show that in the last two months of 2017 police dealt with 928 crimes involving machetes. This is an average of 15 a day – or one every 90 minutes.”
“Critics say they have little legitimate use in the UK, but they are not on a list of banned blades such as butterfly or flick-knives.
Gangsters are increasingly carrying the fearsome blades as status symbols and to spread fear with gruesome attacks.
Machetes came to public prominence in May 2013 when British soldier Lee Rigby was butchered in broad daylight by two Islamist fanatics.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in the year to September 2017 the police recorded 37,443 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument – a 21 per cent increase on the previous year, and the highest since records began seven years ago.”
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