Evacuations took place on Monday January 2 and Tuesday January 3, back-to-school day, in around twenty schools in France following threats of bomb or explosive attacks on digital workspaces (ENT ) pirated, AFP learned from concordant sources.
The ENT is an internet portal that serves to connect parents, teachers and students and to communicate and exchange information on the life of colleges and high schools.
According to the Ministry of National Education, contacted by AFP, “
about twenty establishments (middle and high schools) were concerned in metropolitan France by these messages carrying threats of attack, mainly in the Lille academy, and to a lesser extent in those of Créteil, Grenoble, Versailles, Normandy and Lyon
”.
“
These messages have been spotted by parents on WhatsApp, Snapchat or on ENT
”, it was added.
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According to a police source, messages were sent on January 2 and 3 to students' ENT accounts.
There were evacuations for "
removal of doubts
" in establishments in Seine-et-Marne as well as in La Madeleine (North), Rillieux-la-Pape (Rhône), Marseille, Caen or even Carvin (Pas-de -Calais).
'Threat of explosives'
Tuesday morning, the day of recovery after the Christmas holidays, a high school, a college and a school, located in the same perimeter, were thus evacuated to Carvin "
following a threat of explosives
" against the high school, according to the prefecture .
The school's mine clearance operation ended with nothing being discovered.
According to the rectorate, the Baggio de Lille high school had already been evacuated on Monday but in the presence only of staff, no students.
A source close to the investigation evokes "
the ENT account of a student who sent an email
" announcing that he was going to blow up the establishment.
“
The account holder was arrested and taken into custody on Monday but released because his account was hacked
,” the same source said.
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“
Everywhere in France, high schools are recipients of emails threatening attacks on the ENT
” but “
the senders of the emails are not the authors
”, affirmed this source, who adds that “
the unit for the fight against cybercrime is very closely associated with the investigation
.
The Valentine Labbé high school in La Madeleine (North) was also evacuated on Monday.
“
A message will be sent to all principals asking them to be vigilant and to warn the police
” if necessary, added the rectorate.
In the Rhône, the Camus-Sermenaz multipurpose high school, in Rillieux-la-Pape, was temporarily evacuated Tuesday morning after a bomb alert.
According to the town hall, the threat was issued by several emails.