{"id":154133,"date":"2025-06-03T06:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T06:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/154133\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T06:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T06:41:09","slug":"edinburgh-child-10-caught-with-knife-as-truly-shocking-stats-show-primary-kids-carry-blades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/154133\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh child, 10, caught with knife as “truly shocking” stats show primary kids carry blades"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edinburgh Police caught a 10-year-old child carrying a knife <\/a>in the city as new, “truly shocking” figures revealed that dozens of children have been found with blades across Scotland this year- including primary school pupils.<\/p>\n

Police Scotland confiscated knives from at least 91 people who were under the age of 18 in 2024 through stop-and-search powers, which adds up to one child caught with a weapon every four days, reports The Daily Record.<\/a><\/p>\n

The release of these shocking statistics comes just weeks after the death of schoolboy, Kayden Moy, the third teen to lose his life to youth violence in the last year.<\/p>\n

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Numerous incidents involving kids as young as 12 caught with knives occurred in Edinburgh, Ayrshire, Glasgow and Lanarkshire, according to an analysis by justice magazine 1919<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over a dozen 13-year-olds – including two girls – underwent blade searches that came back positive. Now, teens account for almost a third of positive knife searches across all age groups.<\/p>\n

The disturbing incidents prompted warnings of a \u201cyouth violence <\/a>epidemic\u201d which has been repeatedly highlighted by the Record’s Our Kids… Our Future campaign, launched two years ago after we reported a worrying series of attacks on teens across the country.<\/p>\n

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The Scottish Government is now under intensified pressure onto act after several high-profile cases.<\/p>\n

Labour justice spokesperson Pauline McNeill said: \u201cThese shocking figures are yet another sign that there is a youth violence epidemic emerging in Scotland.<\/p>\n

“The SNP has created a perfect storm by cutting youth work services, letting police numbers fall, and mismanaging mental health and education.<\/p>\n

“Every one of these 91 cases is very serious for our communities and potentially for those actually carrying the weapon.<\/p>\n

“The only way to tackle this effectively is to have early intervention schemes that get to the root cause.”<\/p>\n

The Scottish Conservatives blamed \u201csoft-touch\u201d sentencing <\/a>for under-25s, claiming it has emboldened young offenders.<\/p>\n

Sharon Dowey MSP said: \u201cKnife crime has spiralled out of control. There must be meaningful punishments for those who use a knife and expanded stop-and-search powers for police to act as a deterrent.<\/p>\n

“The SNP\u2019s soft-touch attitude towards justice represents an abject dereliction of duty by John Swinney\u2019s government.”<\/p>\n

Scottish Police Federation chair, David Threadgold, added: “This is a concerning societal trend we now see emerging among younger members of our communities in Scotland,” he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach of these statistics is a real situation which created significant risk for my colleagues, as well as potentially life changing consequences for the perpetrator, and sadly, the victims of knife crime, their families and friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe solution to this problem cannot rest alone with the police; much greater and more effective preventative strategies have to be in place.”<\/p>\n

First Minister John Swinney recently said the Government’s strategy would focus on three steps \u2013 educating young people on the dangers of knives, police <\/a>searches of people who they think may be carrying a knife and punishment of those caught with weapons.<\/p>\n

A Scottish Government spokesperson said: \u201cStop and search powers should be used where lawful, necessary and proportionate. Their use in individual cases is an operational matter for Police Scotland.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolice do use stop and search, and it is one tool to tackle violence alongside a range of other measures such as prevention and education.\u201d<\/p>\n

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