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Hampshire police commissioner urges religious-knives review
Hampshire police and crime commissioner Donna Jones is calling for a review of religious exemptions on carrying knives following the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak by a man with a 'Sikh dagger' in Southampton. Jones described the incident as a 'national tragedy' and wrote to Prime Minister Keir Starmer to address the issue.
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