![London crime: Armed 10-year-olds, swords stuffed down trousers and machetes hidden in alleys for anyone to use - inside the Met Police operation taking 400 knives a week off the city's streets - London crime: Armed 10-year-olds, swords stuffed down trousers and machetes hidden in alleys for anyone to use - inside the Met Police operation taking 400 knives a week off the city's streets -](https://i2-prod.mylondon.news/incoming/article20669639.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200c/0_Hackney-weapons-seized-in-April.jpg)
London crime: Armed 10-year-olds, swords stuffed down trousers and machetes hidden in alleys for anyone to use - inside the Met Police operation taking 400 knives a week off the city's streets -
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Knife crime in Britain soars by 15% in one year, new figures show | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard
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Terrifying moment hero cop is hacked with machete before Tasering thug and yelling 'Help, I've been stabbed'
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British police arrested man with "machete" at train station south of London - ANHA | HAWARNEWS | English
![Terrifying moment hero cop is hacked with machete before Tasering thug and yelling 'Help, I've been stabbed' Terrifying moment hero cop is hacked with machete before Tasering thug and yelling 'Help, I've been stabbed'](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/RR-COMP-COP.jpg)
Terrifying moment hero cop is hacked with machete before Tasering thug and yelling 'Help, I've been stabbed'
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Zombie Apocalypse Combat Slayer Machete' found hidden in public alleyway by stunned police officer - Mirror Online
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