Metal detectors should be installed in schools to discourage knife-carrying among youths, London’s mayor has said.
Ken Livingstone said some young people did not fully grasp the potential consequences of going around armed.
“They carry a knife not realising they could one day get involved in a fight and be injured,” he said.
The mayor’s remarks follow the deaths of at least five teenagers in London in the past three months from shootings and stabbings.
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1 ishmael // Apr 11, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Do they still not realise that they have lost control?
2 jimmy // Apr 16, 2007 at 1:27 pm
most of these people carry knives because they are scared of getting stabbed. Few carry them on their person for ill intent. My cousin lives in Romford, a rough place as many will know. He carries a knife to school to protect himself from the gang groups inside the school. So you will find that a knife for many people is a kind of saftey blanket.
3 nationalistrus // Apr 16, 2007 at 5:10 pm
You should be grateful with all the diversity in Romford…
Will they be installing these detectors in countryside schools…
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