POLICE officers will highlight the dangers of knives when they visit a school in the county.

In the third week of the national knife amnesty, police will join students at Minster College on the Isle of Sheppey for a discussion on how carrying knives can damage people's lives.

It follows the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Christopher Alaneme in Sheerness High Street in April.

Ch Insp Mark Harrison said: "A key part of this knife amnesty is about educating people of all ages to the dangers of carrying knives.

"By working with students we hope to highlight those dangers and of course how it can damage lives.

"We have seen a clear example of this on the Isle of Sheppey recently and by working with our partners in this way we hope to help prevent anything like this happening again."

The knife amnesty runs until June 30.