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‘Zombie knives': Banned weapons sold on eBay in horrific web blade trade | Daily Star LETHAL WEAPON: Zombie knives seized by the police

The horrific weapons can be bought from sellers in Spain who then ship them to the UK.

A new Home Office strategy on serious violent crime pledged an online crackdown on the blades, which were inspired by horror movies.

But gangs are still snapping them up on the web, the Daily Star Sunday can reveal.

Despite eBay’s ban on the sale of all knives except cutlery to UK buyers, our reporter found several sellers offering zombie devices, including a 7.5cm blade for £8.50.

“It’s easy to get hold of one”

A gang member

One gang member from Woolwich, south-east London, told us how it was “easy” to get them on eBay via foreign sellers.

He said: “If you buy them from Spain as kitchen equipment, they’ll ship to your address.

“There’s a list of countries they won’t ship to but the UK isn’t one of them, so it’s easy to get hold of one. We all know the damage they can do.”

In January, a detective told how he was stabbed in the chest with a triple-bladed dagger, said by a judge to be “one of the most vicious weapons I have ever seen”. RULE BREAKING: Deadly knife being advertised on eBay by a foreign seller

It was used by drug dealer Abdirahman Hashi as he tried to flee during a police raid last September.

In August 2016, a 12-inch zombie knife was used to stab three teenage boys at the Notting Hill Carnival.

Eddie Mombele, 24, and Jordan Clarke, 20, went on a rampage at the festival in west London, attacking two boys aged 15 and a third aged 16. Both were given 15 years’ jail.

Crimes involving knives are up by a fifth. 

Police fear gangs think they can get away with carrying weapons thanks to the controversy around “stop and search”.

Anyone buying a knife online will soon be banned from having it sent to a residential address.

A spokesman for eBay said: “All illegal weapons are banned from eBay UK. Customer safety is our number one priority, and the eBay Trust and Safety Team scour the site each day to take action on any items of concern.”