More than thirty blades have been handed in during the first week of a knife amnesty in Wandsworth, launched after a spate of horrific attacks in the borough.
The Metropolitan Police began collecting knives in its Lavender Hill police station this week as part of Operation Sceptre – a city-wide crackdown on knife crime.
Thirty four knives have been handed in to the police station so far after the ‘Knife Bank’ was opened last Friday (April 28).
Officers have also been carrying out weapons sweeps throughout the borough – including the recovery of a near-foot-long ‘Kukri’ (pictured below), a machete-type knife with an inwardly curved blade.
Pic credit: Wandsworth Police
The crackdown in the borough comes after a series of knife attacks across Wandsworth borough.
A 17-year-old student, known as ‘Little Mo’, was stabbed to death while cycling through the York Road estate in Battersea at 1.25am on Sunday, April 23.
A 24-year-old man was stabbed to death at about 7pm on Tuesday, April 25 in Melody Road, Wandsworth.
A gang armed with knives, metal bars and belts confronted a 21-year-old in Barringer Square near Tooting Common on Tuesday evening (April 25).
At the end of the first week of the Wandsworth knife amnesty, a Met spokesperson stated: “Thank you so much to the local community for spreading the word, and thank you to those who have done the right thing in surrendering their knives.
"You are helping us to make London a safer place, and together we can help stop knife crime in London.”
To offer information about knife crime, report to the Metropolitan Police online at https://www.met.police.uk/ or tweet @MetCC.
To offer information anonymously, call the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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