An investigation has been opened by the Evry prosecutor's office into the videos broadcast by influencer Rayanne B. in which he uses automatic weapons and claims to be in Syria, AFP learned on Friday confirming information from the Parisian.

According to videos posted on social networks, the 20-year-old man and another influencer Ibrahim K. (alias "Challenger 67") are in Syria, but the first elements of the investigation have not made it possible to verify the exact location.

A first video shows Rayanne B. firing a Kalashnikov, then a bazooka.

On the images of a second video, the two influencers would have a barbecue in Syria.

“We arrived safely in Syria.

Don't watch TV, there's no war, everything is going well here, it's really cool!

“, they indicate.

“As soon as these videos were brought to our attention, the Minister asked his services to approach the prosecution to report these actions and shed full light on the circumstances in which these videos were taken.

The investigations are already underway, “said the entourage of the Ministry of the Interior on Monday.

Still, "the visual elements shared by the three friends do not make it possible to determine whether they were in Syria", indicates

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“Geolocation on Snapchat can be added manually, allowing a user to pretend to be anywhere.

The SMS indicating the presence in Syria may have been received near the border, without it being crossed”, continues the Liberation

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An investigation “to determine whether offenses have been committed”

Contacted by AFP, the Evry prosecutor's office confirmed that it had opened an investigation "to determine whether offenses have been committed" and entrusted it to the Essonne judicial police.

The investigations could concern violations of the legislation on weapons and death threats, according to a source close to the file.

In March, Rayanne B., targeted by a complaint from the National Education for having insulted and threatened the former minister Jean-Michel Blanquer in October in a video, was acquitted by the Evry court of the prosecution for "contempt and "death threats against a person holding public authority".

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