Awareness and Prevention of Edged Weapon Attacks Fact Sheet

Attackers using edged weapons—such as knives, machetes, hatchets, box cutters, and other sharp instruments—can have severe consequences. Moreover, such attacks are relatively hard to detect, given the ease of obtaining and concealing many edged weapons. This resource provides suggested protective, training, and response measures that critical infrastructure owners and operators, as well as venue and event managers, can implement to help protect patrons, visitors, and their staffs.