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False kidnapping alert of a high school student in Beauvais: a deputy mayor apologizes after relaying the rumor

2021-06-12T15:44:16.871Z


This Friday, the alleged "kidnapping alert" broadcast by a local elected representative of the city of Oise on Facebook was shared with several hundred


The logo of the “Kidnapping Alert” device, the many details, the watermarked testimony of the victim or even the call for witnesses… On the surface, the kidnapping attempt could seem quite credible. Except that it was a false alarm, relayed this Friday morning by a deputy mayor of the city of Beauvais (Oise). “A young girl would seem to have been kidnapped yesterday after leaving Paul-Langevin high school. He would have waited for her to be isolated, with no one around her, to force her to get into her vehicle, ”writes on his Facebook page Mohrad Laghrari, deputy mayor of the city-prefecture.

Fortunately, the teenager, a relative of the chosen one, would be "safe and sound".

The culprit, a "very dull man with a cap, plus a black mask", with a "tattoo on the thumb, on the hand that would bring together a snake or even a lizard" would still be on the run, continues the politician, in great detail.

"False", we hasten to retort from the side of the police.

"Contrary to what some political figures may have said, there was no kidnapping or even an attempted kidnapping at all," says the departmental director of public security (DDSP), Eric Heip.

The publication of the elected Beauvaisien Mohrad Laghrari was deleted at the beginning of the afternoon.

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If an investigation is underway, "these elements are not verified at all," he insists, calling for "caution" in the treatment of this story.

Heard in the morning at the Beauvais police station, the young girl would have invented everything.

Except that before being deleted by its author at the beginning of the afternoon, the publication of Mohrad Laghrari went viral ... Shared more than 2000 times, this text gave rise to many anguished comments on social networks.

“That's why I'm still accompanying my 17-year-old daughter to high school,” writes a mother.

"I did not doubt for a single second"

Local Facebook pages also relay the alleged kidnapping attempt, causing concern among residents ... And anger among the police. "It's inconsiderate, inconsistent and I weigh my words", scolds Eric Heip. As for the use of the logo of the state device "Abduction Alert", "it is a national device that we keep for very specific cases and that we trigger very rarely. It could lose its relevance ”. The departmental director of public security thus denounces "a climate of suspicion", created from nothing by the elected official and invites him to no longer deal with "the affairs of justice and the police".

In the cabinet of Caroline Cayeux, mayor (DVD) of Beauvais, we refuse for the time being to evoke possible political consequences for the elected official.

The municipality is content to indicate that the councilor met with the departmental director of public security in the morning, to be confirmed this "fake news".

🚨 FALSE ALERT Abduction 🚨 This morning I informed you of a kidnapping that took place in Beauvais. I am coming back to you ...

Posted by Mohrad Laghrari on Friday, June 11, 2021

Contacted by the Parisian, Mohrad Laghrari now pleads good faith, "the good feeling" ... He would thus have relayed the testimony of a loved one, to "alert parents and make them aware of a potential risk".

Without verification?

“You have to reread my text, I used a lot of conditionalities when describing the facts.

Prevention is better than cure.

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Later in the afternoon, after deleting his post, however, he will eventually publish a denial accompanied by a video in which he presents "his most sincere apologies", explaining that the teenager was his "little cousin ".

“The sensitivity slider played, the confidence slider was much higher and made me not doubt for a single second,” adds Mohrad Laghrari.

Source: leparis

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