France to deploy police at schools for spot bag searches

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France will start checking bags of pupils and students at school entrances this spring. The aim is to prevent the spread of violence among young people in and around educational institutions.

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The French police will randomly check bags at school entrances for weapons. This is what Education Minister Borne announced in an interview with the channel BFMTV RMC. She is concerned about “the widespread use of stabbing and firearms among young people” and the associated violence. The number of incidents involving weapons and knives in French schools has been increasing in recent years. Early this month, a 17-year-old high school student was …

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Checks will be carried out by police officers or gendarmes at the entrance to colleges or high schools, and heads of institutions will be notified upstream.

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In France, police will now conduct random bag searches in schools to prevent knife attacks

The French education minister said the spot search step had become necessary owing to the increased number of stabbings at school premises

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France to deploy police at schools for spot bag searches

PARIS: French police will start random searches for knives and other weapons concealed in bags at and around schools in a bid to fight an increase in violent attacks, the education minister said today. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

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The Minister of National Education has announced a new measure to combat violence in schools, which will be carried out by law enforcement agencies in the vicinity of colleges and high schools.