Government Goes Ahead With Extended Ban on Zombie Knives

Home Office closes loophole which allowed retailers to sell certain blades

An example of knives and other weapons—which are to be banned by the British government—taken at a secure police location in England on Aug. 18, 2016. PA

The Home Office is going ahead with plans to outlaw all zombie knives and some types of machetes in England and Wales.

Zombie knives—often bought from websites based abroad—first began to emerge in London and other cities in the early 2010s and in June 2015 Stefan Appleton, 17, was stabbed to death in a park with one in Islington, north London.