A man was arrested this Friday morning in front of an elementary school in Rosny-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis), while he was armed with a cutter and made threatening remarks, especially towards children, he said. we learned from corroborating sources.
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The individual was arrested, before entering class, around 8:40 am in front of the Center elementary school in Rosny-sous-Bois, said a police source, specifying that there were no injuries.
"The coolness and dynamism of the police"
“I salute the efficiency of the police and our video surveillance system, which enabled his rapid arrest.
The individual is in police custody.
The investigation is continuing, ”Mayor LR Jean-Paul Fauconnet said on Facebook.
This morning, a man with a cutter was threatening near the center school at the start of the school year.
I salute the efficiency of the police and our video surveillance system, which enabled his rapid arrest.
He is in custody.
Investigation in progress.
- Jean-Paul FAUCONNET (@jpfauconnet) November 6, 2020
On Twitter, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, also praised "the coolness and the dynamism of the police who intervened very quickly to arrest a dangerous individual".
I salute the composure and the dynamism of the police who intervened very quickly to arrest a dangerous individual, armed with a cutter, in front of an elementary school in Seine-Saint-Denis.
This individual was making threatening words.
Cc: @ Prefet93
- Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) November 6, 2020
Schools have been the subject of increased surveillance since the assassination of Samuel Paty on October 16, near his college in Conflans-Saint-Honorine (Yvelines) and the resurgence of the terrorist threat in France.