A 17-year-old minor was arrested this Tuesday morning in Malakoff, in Hauts-de-Seine, by the Anti-Cybercrime Office (OFAC), a service of the national directorate of the judicial police, Le Figaro learned from
a
source police, confirming information from BFMTV. He is suspected of having sent death threats and attacks to the digital work spaces (ENT) of several high schools. Currently in police custody, the minor has not yet been interviewed, the Paris prosecutor's office tells us.
Since March 20, more than a hundred educational establishments have been the target of highly disturbing messages. The first to have been broadcast on ENT high schools in Île-de-France threatened to
“explode the entire establishment around 11/3 p.m.”
and to
“decapitate all your kuffar bodies to serve
Allah
the almighty who reigns over the world.
And added:
“I hope that your bodies of kuffars explode you
(sic)
into 1000 pieces, I will bring my dogs to come and tear you apart, you bunch of miscreants. (sic)”
Some of these missives, distributed to students’ ENT mailboxes, also contained beheading videos.
The first round of threats initially targeting establishments in Île-de-France then extended to schools throughout the national territory. As such, three investigations were opened by the anti-cybercrime section of the Paris public prosecutor's office for
"attacks on an automated data processing system implemented by the State"
,
"threats of death or harm to dangerous goods for people against a public service mission"
and
"apology of terrorism by means of an online public communication service"
.