Knife crime

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man in a wheelchair was stabbed to death with a machete Wednesday in east London.

The first day of London’s annual Notting Hill Carnival saw at least 38 arrests, multiple knives seized, and a man stabbed, prompting police to enact stop and search powers.

Police arrested four people following a stabbing in front of a row of shops in the multicultural British city of Birmingham.

Four Syrian brothers have been arrested after a 67-year-old teacher was nearly killed in a knife attack last month in a suburb of Hamburg, Germany.

A man has been charged with attempted murder and held in custody in relation to the stabbing of a young child in broad daylight.

11 children and two adults were stabbed at a mother and baby support centre dance party, three children fatally.

A third child has died after a stabbing at a Taylor Swift-theme party, allegedly by a knifeman from a family of Rwandan refugees.

A mass stabbing in Southport, in northern England, has resulted in multiple casualties, some of whom were brought to a children’s hospital.

A London bus passenger was stabbed by a fellow commuter after asking his assailant to take his feet off the seats, the latest in a week of knife attacks in the capital.

An Afghan migrant in Germany is being investigated for attempted murder after a Ukrainian woman was stabbed in a Frankfurt park bench on Monday.

A 17-year-old has been arrested after a double stabbing on a Bournemouth beach left one woman dead and another hospitalised.

A man is accused of stabbing a tourist near New York City’s Times Square on Saturday, leaving residents shocked.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a woman at a bus stop in north-west London on Thursday.

A handbag snatcher is alleged to have stabbed a woman in her 60s, who died from her injuries, as she resisted the theft in North London. 

Sadiq Khan’s reign in London will continue for another four years, with the mayor defeating Tory Susan Hall to secure a record third term.

The British judiciary is sparing more repeat knife crime offenders from prison than at any time since the introduction of a two-strike system .

A man suffered “life-threatening” injuries after being attacked by a knife-wielding man on a train in London on Wednesday afternoon.

An Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed in Zurich by a knifeman who reportedly shouted out “death to all Jews” and “Allahu Akbar” during the attack.

A judge denied pre-trial release to a woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death on Monday in Mundelein, Illinois.

French police shot and killed a Sudanese national who had attempted to attack passengers on a Paris tram with a butcher knife.

A police search has been launched after footage emerged of three youths brandishing machetes in broad daylight in Nottingham city centre.

Two teenage boys were killed after suffering stab wounds in Britsol, England after being descended upon by a group of attackers.

Two teenage girls were reportedly stabbed on Christmas Day while enjoying a meal at the Grand Central Terminal.

Gang violence in London has seen knife crime reportedly surge at its fastest rate in five years with 43 incidents reported to police per day.

London Mayor Khan suffered an embarrassing fact check from the Office for Statistics Regulation over ‘incorrect’ claims he cut knife crime.

A teenage boy has been arrested after a school girl was stabbed to death, apparently after turning down flowers.

The British Museum has been evacuated and and a man was arrested following a stabbing outside the museum on Tuesday morning.

Police say a woman was held at knifepoint Tuesday during a harrowing daylight incident in the Bronx.

A 31-year-old man appeared in a court accused of murdering two college students and a school caretaker in a van attack in Nottingham.

A dating app is reportedly being used to lure Chicago men and rob them on the city’s Northwest side, with two incidents occurring recently.

Rocker Peter Frampton tweeted his support for gun ban Monday just hours after a 28-year-old woman opened fire in a Nashville area Christian school.

Police officers have arrested a man strapped with two Japanese-style swords and thousands of pounds in cash in London.

Two off-duty police officers have been stabbed in Soho, London, with one man arrested for inflicting grievous bodily harm and drug possession.

A Tunisian migrant attacked French police with a knife in southern France this week, yelling the phrase “Allahu akbar!”

Police have arrested one man under terrorism charges after a woman was stabbed ahead of the Cheltenham horse racing festival in England.

Alessandro Cattaneo, a member of the Italian parliament for the centre-right Forza Italia, has warned parts of Milan are “out of control” following a mass stabbing by a Moroccan migrant.