Olivia Pratt-Korbel: police issue warning about ‘battlefield weaponry’ on streets

Merseyside gangs using submachine guns capable of firing 850 rounds a minute, say officers

Police have issued a stark warning about the increasingly deadly weapons circulating on Britain’s streets in the aftermath of the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel.

Gangs in Merseyside are using battlefield submachine guns capable of firing 850 rounds a minute to target each other, and it will not be long before such weapons are as common in other areas, officers have warned.