Daniel Anjorin: Deadly swords are too easy to buy, anti-knife campaigners warn [Video]

Deadly swords that can “take lives” and “intimidate” are too easy to buy, campaigners are warning following the killing of a 14-year-old schoolboy in east London.

Patrick Green, chief executive of knife crime charity the Ben Kinsella Trust, said he was “horrified” by the death of Daniel Anjorin, who died in a sword attack near his home in Hainault on Tuesday.

“There are plenty of other agricultural tools available that can do a similar job to something like a machete,” he told The Independent.

“But certainly swords, other than for ceremonial reasons, don’t seem to serve any purpose to the wider public other than to take lives and intimidate.”

His comments came as police named Daniel as the 14-year-old who was attacked during the incident that also saw four others injured.