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  • Youth workers report knife-carrying trend

    07/17/2007 9:41:46 AM PDT · by kiriath_jearim · 20 replies · 597+ views
    Australian Broadcasting Corp. ^ | 7/16/07 | Jane Cowan
    It is usually alcohol that has parents worried when they allow their teenage children to go to parties on a weekend. Now knives have become a common threat. In Melbourne on Friday night, a 15-year-old boy ended up in hospital with stab wounds when a party descended into a violent brawl. And last weekend, seven people were hurt when gatecrashers armed with knives and machetes barged into a birthday party at a soccer club. Officially, police say there is no evidence the problem is getting worse, but that is a line contradicted by youth workers and officers on the beat....