Should all knives with pointed ends be banned?
Britain’s government is considering it, along with other steps to curb fatal stabbings
RONAN KANDA had just visited a friend after school to buy a PlayStation controller. As he left the house, headphones on, the 16-year-old probably had no idea that he was being followed by two other teenagers, armed with a ninja sword and a machete, who had mistaken him for their intended target. Yards before he reached his home, they stabbed him to death.
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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Getting to the point”
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