Machetes and zombie knives should be completely banned in the UK, the Mayor of said, as he called on the Government to speed up plans to curb availability of the weapons.
The said last summer that it would press ahead with plans to toughen up laws on these types of knives.
Mr Khan said a ban must be introduced quickly, with a complete bar on all machetes and zombie knives.
Current plans are for machetes with no practical use and certain types of zombie knives to be made illegal, while the maximum penalty for the importation, manufacturing, possession and sale of these weapons will be increased to two years.
The London Mayor said: 'I've been mayor now for almost eight years, I'm now on my eighth Home Secretary.
Andre Salmon, 18, was gunned down in north London last July
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A spokesman for Mr Khan said: 'Nothing is more important to the mayor than keeping Londoners safe'
'We've been hearing since 2016 their plans to make it more difficult to buy zombie knives and machetes. They've not done so.
'It's more difficult for a teenager to buy a lottery ticket than to buy online a machete or a zombie knife.
'There can be no reason why anybody would have a machete in this country, we haven't got forests like South America, there's no justification or reason to have a zombie knife.
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Earlier this month, actor Idris Elba launched the Don't Stop Your Future campaign, calling for an immediate ban on these knives.
According to the Telegraph, the Home Secretary is to fast-track plans to toughen up knife laws in response.
Mr Khan said: 'What I'm saying to the Government is you should ban altogether machetes, there's no reason to have a machete.
'I've been on police operations and we found hidden away these zombie knives and these huge machetes.
'The Government's current plans are to only ban zombie knives if they're bigger than eight inches, if they are serrated, or they have more than one hole, or they have more than one spike.
'Well, that will encourage manufacturers to make knives that aren't caught by the ban.
'So what I'm saying to the Government is, firstly speed up this legislation and actually ban machetes and zombie knives.'
Some 1,003 died in London as a result of knife crime before 2023 ended – including Harry Pitman on December 31 – and another five in the first ten days of January 2024.
It comes as the mayor is refusing to supply the with £70million in funds for its sought-after 'New Met For ' reforms, meanwhile unions have been offered a bumper £30million pay deal to avert crippling Tube strikes.
Harry Pitman, 16, was fatally stabbed in north-west London on New Year's Eve
Harry Pitman, 16, became the last homicide victim of 2023 when he was stabbed and killed on New Year's Eve on Primrose Hill
Tafari Thompson-Mintah, 16, was riding his moped on Sevenoaks Way in St Paul's Cray, Orpington, when he was involved in a collision in October
Rahaan Ahmed Amin, 16, was found wounded in West Ham Park, Forest Gate, and later died in July last year
Teenager Max Moy Wheatley, from the Orpington area of Bromley, was found stabbed in September
Sadiq Khan (pictured) was last night accused of failing Londoners on crime levels after it emerged that more than 1,000 people have been killed since he became mayor
The data sparked accusations that Mr Khan had only made the situation worse while in the job – although his office claimed that homicide levels had fallen to their lowest since 2014.
mayoral candidate Susan Hall said: 'I am deeply saddened to hear that over 1,000 people have been killed in London since Sadiq Khan took charge eight years ago.
'Sadiq Khan has simply not done enough, and we cannot afford another four years under his watch.'
A Home office source said: 'The Home Secretary requested a meeting over a fortnight ago in which he was hoping to discuss the Mayor's record on knife crime. He looks forward to hearing how Sadiq plans to reverse the 40% increase in knife crime he has overseen in office.'
