His comments come as detectives hunt the killer of 63-year-old David Goodhall, who was stabbed to death during a violent attack in his Airdrie home on Friday.
Mr Goodhall’s death is the fourth murder in the Lanarkshire area since the New Year.
JUSTICE Secretary Kenny MacAskill has defended the Scottish Government’s knife-crime policy in the wake of the second knife killing in Lanarkshire in less than a week.
His comments come as detectives hunt the killer of 63-year-old David Goodhall, who was stabbed to death during a violent attack in his Airdrie home on Friday.
Mr Goodhall’s death is the fourth murder in the Lanarkshire area since the New Year.