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In the months that followed, 5,000 blades, including swords and machetes, were left in "knife banks" at police stations across the cityTo back up the amnesty, officers mounted a stop-and-search campaign, searchingalmost 30,000 young peopleover four months. The number of knife murders and attempted murders more than doubled in 1992, with four people being stabbed on average each day. Detectives responded by introducing Operation Blade, a high- profile campaign supported by local authorities, the retail trade, schools, nightclub owners and the media.Officers first announced a "knife amnesty", urging Glaswegians to "bin your deadly weapons or be put away yourselves". JOHN ARLIDGE Scotland Correspondent Senior police officers examining ways to combat stabbings are turning their attention to Glasgow which has pioneered a highly successful knife crime prevention scheme.In a city notorious for razor gangs and underworld violence, knife-related crime rose sharply three years ago.
All we know is that this should never have happened - not here.". He needs to acknowledge his crime and pay his debt to society."On their way into school for the start of the day there was a distinct air of unease as pupils passed the growing shrine of flowers that had built up over the weekend.Asked by the assembled ranks of newspaper reporters and television crews how they felt, one word was often repeated: "Sad".James, a first-former, said: "This is such a sad day Mr Lawrence tried to push us and help us. He didn't deserve to die, not like that."By the end of the day, after a lunch break of what appeared to be normal play and noise from the school playground, pupils tried to express what the special day had meant to them.Nicholas, ignoring the efforts of teachers and staff to move him away from television crews and reporters, insisted on having his say."It was a hard day I can't remember everything that happened I wrote some cards and said some prayers. That is the hardest thing."During his sermon at the special mass, the Archbishop told pupils he had a message for the murderer "My advice to him is to report to police at once. This was a headmaster who was a friend to all his pupils."Although Cardinal Hume insisted that "the person who has done this terrible act should be caught and punished", he added: "We have to learn to forgive. The focus was a special mass conducted by the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Basil Hume.After the mass, he said: "I told the children that it was very important to come today so we prayed together and prayed for Philip Lawrence and share our sorrow."Praising Mr Lawrence's concern for his pupils and his bravery, Cardinal Hume said: "I reminded pupils of the [New Testament] text 'No greater love hath a person than to lay down his or her life for a friend' That is what Philip Lawrence did.