Boy fires bottle at Sarkozy

A SCHOOLBOY threw a plastic bottle at France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday during a visit to discuss violence in French schools, but failed to hit his target.

Boy fires bottle at Sarkozy

A bodyguard came between Sarkozy and the water bottle which was thrown as pupils crowded around the president at the Charles Fauqueux high school in Beauvais, north of Paris.

Sarkozy, whose popularity rating in France, has fallen to record lows in recent months, expressed concern about absentee- ism and violent incidents in schools, during talks with teachers and local officials.

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