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| Metropolitan Police officers will be using more stop and search powers to prevent knife crime in London. | |
| Officers will be making use of searches under section 60 of the public order act which allows police to search people without reasonable suspicion. | Officers will be making use of searches under section 60 of the public order act which allows police to search people without reasonable suspicion. |
| The move follows a rising tide of fatal knife attacks in the city, including that of Steven Bigby who was killed in Oxford Street on Monday. | |
| The 22-year-old died from a stab wound to the chest. | |
| Lyle Tulloch, 15, died after being stabbed in a stairwell in Borough, south London, earlier this month. | |
| In total, 13 teenagers have been murdered in London since January - nine of them were stabbed. | |
| Assistant Commissioner Tim Godwin said: "Officers would use the powers sensitively and appropriately." | |
| "It is time to say enough is enough." |