Latest Personal Safety News.

Jan 23 The BBC news website reports:

"Fatal attack' at Belgium creche"

"Five people have been killed in a knife attack at a creche in western Belgium, according to local media."

"Flemish VTM television said three children and two adults have been killed, and other reports say a further 20 people have been injured."
 
Full report at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7846815.stm

Comment: I think that the personal safety lesson to be learnt from this horror is that violence is (as far as the victim is concerned) a completely random event that can happen anywhere and at any time - you absolutely need to have the skills to maximize YOUR chances of survival.

Jan 22 The BBC news website reports:

"Burglaries and knife robberies up"

"Robberies at knife point have risen by almost a fifth, according to official figures for England and Wales."

Full report at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7844455.stm

Comment: What is needed is complex, it is probably nothing less than a change in the values that we teach the young, a justice system that acts to administer justice and a large dose of common sense to all - and oh yes, a media that doesn't glorify violence on one hand whilst inflaming public fear on the other... Don't hold your breath waiting for any of that to happen any time soon.<SIGH>