Threats of attacks: reinforced security Monday for the educational establishments concerned

Maximilien Carlier / Photo credit: XOSE BOUZAS / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP 7:18 p.m., March 24, 2024

After colleges in Île-de-France, threats are now targeting educational establishments in Hauts-de-France. 122 very clear messages were broadcast on the ENTs, the students’ digital work spaces. For the occasion, Europe 1 went to Lille where the authorities were quick to review the system.

“It’s even more anxiety-inducing”

From Monday morning, additional police and gendarme patrols will be deployed, notably in front of Carnot college in Lille. On site, students and parents are concerned after the message sent during the night from Friday to Saturday. The latter evokes attacks and an act from Monday. "We have parents who are sincerely worried, who wonder what is happening, if the police are on the case, if it is being taken seriously. I think that what happened in Moscow is not "It doesn't help, with the attacks that have just taken place. As a result, it's even more anxiety-inducing," laments Amandine Verwaerde, administrator at the FCPE du Nord.

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The latter therefore advises on a case by case basis. "There are parents who think that they will not send their children tomorrow (Monday). We cannot tell them that they should not do it. Our priority is that the children do not have no access to their messaging", she estimates at the microphone of Europe 1. The messaging of the digital work space was hacked and then deactivated by the rectorate. In the Amiens academy, several establishments were also targeted by terrorist threats. Parents filed a complaint. The middle and high schools concerned will remain open on Monday with reinforced security conditions.