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To: SeachRE who wrote (323656)	11/27/2002 11:50:38 AM
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France May Fence in Schools to Curb Violence PARIS (Reuters) - Some French schools have become so violent they should have high-security fences, video surveillance systems and electronic gates to deter fighting between gangs, France's education minister said Wednesday. Xavier Darcos made the comments after two men in balaclavas burst into a secondary school in the Paris suburbs Monday and fired rubber balls from a "Flash Ball" gun into a classroom, leaving a 16-year-old pupil with a badly bruised eye. "I am shocked and scandalized by these events. Schools are becoming closed spaces for score-settling between rival gangs. School must get back to being a sanctuary," Darcos told Le Parisien newspaper. "The most sensitive establishments must be equipped with fences. Video surveillance systems and electronic gates must be installed in the worst sites. Schools have to start protecting themselves," he said. While gang warfare in suburban areas is nothing new to France, the country has seen rising violence in and around schools in recent months, ranging from theft of expensive accessories such as mobile phones to gang rapes. Fifteen thousand incidents of serious violence were reported in French schools in September and October alone. A 19-year-old girl was burned with hydrochloric acid by a class mate at a Paris school last month in a spat over a stolen calculator. story.news.yahoo.com * * *