Bulletproof backpack proposal comes second in Mexico school science fair

A school student in the violent Mexican border city of Matamoros has won a runner-up prize in a state science fair with an unusual proposal: a bulletproof backpack to hide behind during shootouts.

Bulletproof backpack proposal comes second in Mexico school science fair

A school student in the violent Mexican border city of Matamoros has won a runner-up prize in a state science fair with an unusual proposal: a bulletproof backpack to hide behind during shootouts.

Such shootouts often occur in Matamoros, where factions of the Gulf cartel fight turf battles.

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