Military-grade weapons which can fire 15 bullets in under a second are making their way into the hands of criminals on UK streets, police have said.
The “battlefield” weapons are smuggled from places like Czech Republic and Slovakia where they can be bought legally with a permit, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Detectives at Merseyside Police said at least three fatal shootings last year involved a Skorpion sub-machine gun, manufactured in Czech, but not in the case of Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s murder.
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