In total, 2,819 children aged 10-15 were arrested last year for either using or possessing a knife or other bladed implement such as a screwdriver, according to new figures released by the Home Office.
Teenage boy Renell Charles (pictured), 16, who was brutally stabbed on the streets of London was the 150th teenager to be murdered in the capital since Sadiq Khan became Mayor.
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