The police cannot tackle knife crime alone, Greater Manchester's deputy chief constable has said, after three people died within a week following stabbings.
Speaking on BBC Radio Manchester on Tuesday (August 23), the top cop called on communities, volunteers and the public sector to 'pull together'.
But DCC Terry Woods said the 7 pc increase in knife crime is not an 'epidemic'. It comes after several suspects were charged with murder following the deaths of three people across Greater Manchester over the last seven days.
Four men from Huddersfield appeared in court this week accused of the murder of 20-year-old Javell Morgan in Moss Side who died on August 15.
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