Illustration of a gendarmerie car.
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E. Frisullo / 20 Minutes
In Pleaux, a village of 1,500 souls in Cantal, the return to school did not take place in the usual calm.
This Monday, the students of the town were confined to their schools after threats made by an individual at the end of the morning in front of the courtyard of the private school, we learn from the prefecture of Cantal.
The teachers at the private school immediately put the children to safety.
"As a precaution, the students of the public school and the college of Pleaux were placed in confinement," added the prefecture on Monday afternoon in a press release.
#Vigipirate Securing schools in Pleaux: as the students are safe, parents of students from these institutions are asked not to go there to pick up their children.
Consult the press release from the prefect of Cantal ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/yQjCRdCBl7
- Prefect of Cantal (@ Prefet_15) November 2, 2020
A wanted man
The gendarmerie services have deployed a security device in front of schools and the threatening individual is actively sought.
"The students being safe", the state services have asked families not to come and pick up their children and to wait for the instructions to be given in the afternoon.
Since Monday, more generally, security has been reinforced in front of schools, due to the "Emergency attack" level of the Vigipirate plan activated after the attack in Nice.
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