Italy: six-year-old brings 13-centimeter knife to school in backpack
The incident, reported by ANSA, follows the stabbing of a teacher in Rome last week and has renewed concern over school safety.
A six-year-old boy brought a 13-centimeter knife to school hidden in his backpack, Italian news agency ANSA reported. The discovery has raised fresh concern about safety in schools.
According to ANSA, the case comes just a week after a teacher was stabbed in Rome, an incident that had already put school safety under scrutiny in the country.
Details of how the knife was discovered, and the circumstances surrounding why the child was carrying it, have not been made public. ANSA's report did not specify the school's location or provide further information on any disciplinary or protective measures taken following the discovery.
Renewed scrutiny
The timing of the incident, coming so soon after the Rome stabbing, is likely to intensify discussion in Italy about safety protocols in schools and how weapons brought in by pupils, even very young ones, are detected and handled.
No further information about potential consequences for the child or his family, or about any police involvement, was included in the available report. Additional details from Italian authorities were not immediately available.
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