8 People Killed in Spate of Stabbings as Politicians Urged to Tackle Knife Crime

Eight men have been stabbed to death over the weekend in unrelated knife attacks in Halifax, Leeds, Leicester, Luton, Slough, Bristol and London.

Police officers patrol near to the scene where two men were stabbed to death in Halifax, West Yorkshire, on Oct. 1, 2023. Danny Lawson/PA

Eight people have been stabbed to death in a spate of unrelated attacks across England as a knife crime campaigner has called on politicians to help communities find “solutions.”

Four of the deaths occurred in West Yorkshire—two in Leeds and two in Halifax—and there were also fatalities in Slough, Bristol, Luton and north London.