Pupils shown graphic images of stabbings in bid to shock them away from knives

Trauma nurses hope getting to kids now means they won't end up in their emergency rooms. Credit: ITV News

Schoolchildren are being shown graphic images of the effects of knife crime in the hope of saving lives in the future.

The latest figures show knife attacks have seen a big increase in the last year. On Merseyside they're up by almost a third.

But these shock tactics appear to be working.

Watch this report from Rob Smith - a warning that from the start it contains descriptions of knife crime you may find distressing.