Gruesome ad campaign showing bloody stab victims launched by Government to curb knife crime

Children will be targeted with one of the most gruesome Government advertising campaigns ever devised from today in a bid to frighten them away from carrying knives.

The adverts show shocking images of the real-life wounds sustained by knife crime victims.

One film features two images of a stabbing victim with the knife still stuck in his body  - one in the chest, and one in the stomach.