The French police will accidentally search the students of bags to limit the wearing of knives and other weapons to schools. This is part of the prevention of the increase in violent attacks, said French Minister of Education, Élisabeth Borne on Friday.
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The parent accompanies their child to school. In the background of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
According to Borne, checks are to be started in the spring. “I want us to be able to organize tours of students’ bags at the entrance to schools together with the police, the prosecutor’s office and the representatives of the education system,” the minister said.
Police, teachers and other school staff would not have the power to browse people. According to Borne, this step is needed because the knives have become “much more often”.
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According to the Minister, the rule should also be introduced that if the pupil is found a knife, it will automatically be expected by the Disciplinary Board and without the exception of it will immediately notify the prosecutor’s office. At present, the solution is in the hands of school management.
At the beginning of February, only a 17-year-old student suffered stab wounds in the suburbs of Paris. In the Seine-Saint-Denis region, the metropolitan area in the north of Paris with a higher crime rate, this month the police supervise approximately 20 secondary and universities and deployed approximately 100 police officers.
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