Ninja swords prohibited in the United Kingdom in August, says the Labor Government

The British have until August 1 to get rid of all their ninja swords like those of the United Kingdom Labor government It seeks to take energetic measures against knife crime.

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, announced Thursday that “Ninja Swords” will be specifically prohibited this summer after the murder of Ronan Kanda of 1622, which was stabbed to death for a Ninja sword outside your home.

“Confirmed: Ninja swords will be prohibited in this summer,” Starmer said in a publication about X. “When we promise measures we take it.”

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The new prohibition, “Ronan Law”, now it will make it illegal to own, sell, make or import ninja swords.

“Since he lost our beautiful boy Ronan, we have relentlessly campaigned for a prohibition of Ninja swords, the lethal weapon that took his life,” said Pooja Kanda, the mother of the 16 -year -old boy, according to a government reading. “We believe that Ninja swords do not take place in our society that is not seriously damaging and killing.

“Each step to address knife crime is a step to obtain justice for our child.”

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The British government has established a surrender process for any owner of a Ninja sword, defined as a blade between 14 inches and 24 inches “with a straight edge with a style point so much.”

“As of August 1, any person trapped in possession of a private ninja sword could face 6 months in prison, and this will then increase to 2 years under new measures in the Crime and Surveillance Law Project“The government said in a statement.” There is already a penalty of up to 4 years in prison for carrying any weapon in public. ”

The crime with a knife has long affected the United Kingdom and, although the crimes that involve a “sharp instrument” committed last year in England and Wales had dropped from a 15 -year peak in 2019, they were still substantially higher than the crimes reported in 2010, when 33,800 crimes were reported, versus 50,500 cases in 2024.

TO sharp instrumentAccording to the United Kingdom, it could include knives, but it could also include the use of a broken bottle to commit a crime.

The United Kingdom saw a significant fall of the 52,000 cases that involve an “acute instrument” reported in 2019 for the following year with 41,700 reported cases.

But these incidents have continued to increase every year since then.

Almost two dozen of different types of knives are already prohibited in the United Kingdom, including swords that are not part of a national uniform, switch blades, zombie knives, belt buckle knives or butterfly knives, to name a few.

The knives that are allowed are those that are used to cook or while they work and have a cutting edge of no more than three inches.

Although the government states that “it is illegal to use any knife or weapon in a threatening way.”

According to Ronan’s law, prison sentences also increased to sell Knives to minors and the illegal sale of prohibited knives.

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“The knife crime is destroying young lives as they attract too many teenagers to violence, and it is too easy for them to get dangerous weapons,” said the Secretary of the Interior, Yvette Cooper, in a statement. “Ronan Kanda was only 16 when he was murdered without mercy for two children only one year old than him.

“We are acting urgently to carry out measures to prevent mortal weapons from getting into the wrong hands and we will continue to do whatever you need to prevent young people from being killed in our streets as part of our mission of reducing the crime with knives in half during the next decade.”