The spot searches will begin in the spring, said France's Education Minister Elisabeth Borne. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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From spring, officers will conduct random spot checks of students’ bags as they enter the grounds French police will begin searching children for knives after a spate of school stabbings that have led ...

Police will begin carrying out random bag searches for knives and other weapons in schools, in a bid to fight an increase in violent attacks, the French education minister has announced.

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 ...