Terrifying zombie knives are being sold on Snapchat for as little as £40
TERRIFYING zombie knives are being sold on Snapchat for as little as £40.
The deadly weapons, which have a serrated edge, are linked to a big rise in knife crime.
The Sun discovered adverts offering the killer blades on the social media app. One read: “All big shanks are £40 this Friday and weekend only.”
A second chilling ad said: “ZK [zombie knives] and flicky [flick knives] bundle for £50 today only.”
The account, which has been taken down four times, claimed to have 200 people interested within hours.
Natalie Secka’s son, Louis Johnson, 16, was stabbed to death with a zombie knife bought on Snapchat last year.
She told The Sun: “When I see zombie knives being sold for such a cheap price online I think, ‘was that the price my son’s life was worth?’.
“Zombie knives are a murder weapon, they are not a normal knife — you aren’t going to hurt someone, you’re going to kill them.”
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In London alone, at least 20 people have been stabbed to death and dozens more injured this year.
In the past four years, crimes involving zombie knives have risen ten-fold, with 388 last year and 495 in 2019.
Snapchat said it has “zero tolerance for illegal activity” — including “the buying and selling of weapons”.