German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser on Sunday said she wants to “further restrict the use of knives in public,” amid a marked rise in knife crime. Faeser told the Sunday edition of the German mass-circulation Bild newspaper that the coalition government is aiming to “create a general ban on handling dangerous flick knives.” The existing legal limit for knives carried in public of 12 centimetres is set to be shortened to 6 centimetres, the minister said. “We will be submitting corresponding amendments to the weapons legislation shortly,” she added. According to police statistics, 8,951 cases …