Six-year-olds carrying knives on streets of London, Met Chief told

Children as young as six are carrying knives in the capital, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick heard as she discussed the devastating impact of the weapons with community leaders, victims and reformed gang members.

Six-year-olds carrying knives on streets of London, Met Chief told

Children as young as six are carrying knives in the capital, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick heard as she discussed the devastating impact of the weapons with community leaders, victims and reformed gang members.

Ms Dick vowed to get to the root of knife crime as she visited a youth centre in Putney, south-west London, where she met the family of a young man stabbed to death last year.

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