Knives 'used most in killings'
Knives were used in almost four out of 10 killings of young people in Britain, more than any other weapon, figures showed yesterday.
More than a dozen young people have been killed by knives in London alone this year, but the UK still has one of the lowest knife homicide rates in Europe, with 0.23 deaths per 100,000 people, along with Azerbaijan (0.06), Germany (0.23), and Slovenia (0.23), the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.
It said said a knife was used in 39.5 per cent of homicides, and in 12 per cent of all violent crimes, among young people aged 10-29 between 2004 and 2006.