WorldPARIS, REUTERS -More than 12 million French children went back to school under heightened security on Thursday after a summer vacation marked by further deadly attacks in a country that is one of the prime targets of Islamic State militants. Armed police patrolled outside schools around the country as children, parents and teachers converged at entrance gates. It's important to feel reassured.” Olivier Dosne, mayor of Joinville-le-Pont, said a budget of 100,000 euros ($111,000) had been allocated to improve school security. More was being spent on evacuation and crisis-containment training for school staff in line with nationwide guidelines. The Islamic State group, whose strongholds in Syria and Iraq are being bombed by French jets, has called on its followers to attack in France, notably its secular state schools.

Source: Sunday Times September 01, 2016 13:07 UTC