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Idris Elba labels UK government's crackdown on zombie knives as 'symbolic step in right direction' but says it doesn't go far enough
The actor, 51, has been a fierce proponent against knife crime in Britain, which has surged in recent years with many of the victims being teenage boys.
It comes amid a series of horrific stabbings across the UK including 16-year-old schoolboy Harry Pitman who was knifed to death as he stood and waited to watch the Primrose Hill New Year's Eve fireworks in Camden this month. In August last year the government announced a ban on machetes and zombie-style knives with no practical use, as well as an increase in the maximum penalty for the importation, manufacturing, possession and sale of these weapons and greater powers for police to seize them. The new plan, a direct echo of New Labour's SureStart childcare scheme, would see a nationwide targeted programme aimed at identifying and supporting young people at risk of being drawn into violent crime.
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