In a letter sent to students in around forty high schools, the author threatens to blow up establishments this Thursday March 21 in the name of the Islamic State.
The essential :
- An email sent to hundreds of students this Wednesday in the name of the Islamic State threatens to blow up establishments.
- The individual behind the threat speaks of a potential act this Thursday, March 21 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
- Beheadings are mentioned in the message sent to around forty high schools.
- Facts of this type are “extremely frequent” and are “essentially bad jokes” according to the police.
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10:11 – Which high schools are targeted?
The Versailles academy indicates to Le Parisien that around twenty establishments were affected in its district, including 8 in Yvelines. The Jean-Rostand high school in Mantes-la-Jolie, the Lavoisier high school in Porcheville and another in Poissy are particularly concerned. In Hauts-de-Seine, the Jean-Pierre Vernant high school in Sèvres was targeted, as well as establishments in Val-d’Oise. High schools in the Créteil academy also received threatening messages, such as the Jean-Macé high school in Vitry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne). The Ministry of National Education highlights around twenty high schools concerned, only in Île-de-France.
Students from around forty high schools received, this Wednesday, March 20, 2024, via their digital work space (ENT), a threatening message “from the Islamic State” according to information from Le Figaro. In these few explicit lines, the author indicates that he wants to blow up the establishments concerned this Thursday, March 21. A young person’s account was allegedly hacked, allowing the message to be sent to other students.
“I will blow up the entire establishment.”
“I have finally decided to carry out my project. Tomorrow Thursday March 21, I will explode the entire establishment around 11 a.m./3 p.m. and I will decapitate all your kuffar bodies to serve Allah the almighty who reigns over the world . If I write this message, it is to find acolytes who can help me carry out this project, my Muslim brothers,” we can read in the chilling message. For the moment, the identity of the author has not been communicated. These facts are “extremely frequent” according to a police source at BFMTV and are “essentially bad jokes”.
A beheading video
A shocking video is attached to the post. The individual shows the young people “how to easily kill all the disbelievers” and calls for reinforcements to “carry out this war.” “I put C4 everywhere in the school and in the classes. I hope that your kuffar bodies will explode into 1,000 pieces, I will bring my dogs to come and tear you apart, you bunch of miscreants” we can read.
He also cites a verse from the Koran beginning with “Kill those who do not believe in Allah”. The heads of establishments concerned quickly notified the police, announces Le Figaro, as in Sèvres. “The first elements of the investigation indicate to us that this is a hacking of high school student accounts,” it is indicated in a letter addressed to parents.
Reporting carried out and reinforced controls
The police will be present this Thursday in the establishments affected by the threat. A complaint was filed and a “Pharos” report, the portal for reporting illegal Internet content, was also made after the message was sent to the ENT, indicates BFMTV. “A systematic verification is carried out” to ensure that it is indeed a hoax” specifies the media. Bomb threats have exploded in recent months. Between September and November 2023, National Education has recorded no less than 800.