He grabbed a knife, which is why fatal force was used, according to a source briefed on the ongoing investigation.

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Last year Durham Constabulary recorded its lowest number of fatal accidents since the present force boundaries were created in 1974.

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The force said incidents like the fatal stabbings of two Big Issue sellers and teenager Christina Edkins in Birmingham were "mercifully rare".

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