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54 weapons found in Portuguese schools, 2024/25

Tuesday, 13 January 2026AI summary
54 weapons found in Portuguese schools, 2024/25

RTP reports that 54 weapons were found across Portuguese schools during the 2024/2025 school year, a figure prompted by school-safety monitoring and local policing actions. The coverage does not list all incident types but highlights an ongoing concern about student safety and weapon detection in schools. Parents and school communities should ask their schools about safety protocols and local measures to prevent and respond to such incidents.

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What is RTP?

RTP (Rádio e Televisão de Portugal) is Portugal's state-owned public service broadcaster, operating since 1935 (radio) and 1957 (television). It runs 8 television channels (including RTP1, RTP2, RTP3) and 7 radio stations (Antena 1, 2, 3), plus international services reaching Portuguese diaspora worldwide. Funded by a broadcasting tax on electricity bills and advertising revenue, RTP serves as Portugal's cultural reference, providing quality news, education, and entertainment. Its archive represents "irreplaceable heritage in Portuguese collective memory", and it pioneered online streaming with RTP Play in 2011. RTP connects "Portugal and the Portuguese to themselves, to each other, and to the world"

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