Glasgow is Britain's murder capital as knife crime spirals

By Paul Kelbie, Scotland Correspondent

Saturday, 29 November 2003

...in the past four years the incidents of knife crime in Scotland increased by 350 per cent and that the majority of victims were stabbed to death by friends or relatives.


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Knife crime cuts a global trail

A spate of fatal knife attacks in the UK has sparked a debate about youth violence and gang culture in the country. But is the UK's experience mirrored in other nations? BBC correspondents compare situations around the world.

16 July 2008 06:18 UK