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Schoolchildren are wearing stab-proof vests in class because they fear knife attacks, a report has revealed. The study of gang violence also found that some pupils bring weapons into school and hide them in the grounds in case they need to defend themselves.
One child told researchers: “I can protect myself with a knife or a gun. I would rather be arrested than dead.”
The report, commissioned by the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers, was carried out by Perpetuity Group, a consultancy specialising in crime reduction. Researchers spent time in areas with “deeply entrenched gang problems” in London and Birmingham. Teachers at one inner-city school said they were “aware of young people wearing bullet-proof and stab-proof vests in school”.
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