Italy Authorises Use of Metal Detectors in Schools

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The measure is part of government efforts to prevent knife and firearm violence in Italian schools.

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The Italian government on Wednesday issued a decree allowing schools across the country to use metal detectors, similar to those used at airports, to screen students under certain conditions, as part of a government effort to prevent knife and gun violence in schools.

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Several stabbing attacks at schools had shocked Italy. Now the Meloni government reacts: controls with metal detectors are supposed to provide more security – even unannounced.

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Many knives circulate among the young Italians and the government tries to put a brake with metal detectors in the most conflictive schools and with the increase of penalties. The measure allows to install security controls and metal detectors to surprise in the institutes considered of greatest risk, at the request of the directors.Continue reading...

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Ministers Giuseppe Valditara and Matteo Piantedosi have signed a circular aimed at contrasting the use of knives among young people at school. Sociologist Francesco Rao: "Sanctions and greater knowledge of the rules among children"

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Only in the middle of the month is an 18-year-old in La Spezia killed by a classmate. Meloni's government now wants to prevent students from carrying knives.