The secondary school in Arras, France, which this Friday was the target of an attack considered terrorist, was evacuated this Monday due to a bomb threat.
According to AFP, students, teachers and staff were expelled from the school grounds for loss at 10:30 (local time, minus one in Lisbon) following an online threat on the police website.
Alert the bomb at the Gambetta d’Arras high school. The lieu is evacuated when it calms down. #tapestry #dominique Bernard pic.twitter.com/og7kVqgiwz
– 20 Minutes Lille (@20minutoslille) October 16, 2023
A demining team was at the scene, municipal authorities in the northern Pas-de-Calais region said, adding that “all precautionary and safety measures” were being taken.
The college lycée Gambetta d’Arras evacuated in raison d’une alerte à la bombe. Sentinelle pompiers, police and military are on the scene. The démineurs are not heard. Des elèves ont encore leur fleur à la main qu”ils n”ont même pas eu le temps de poser. #Tapestry pic.twitter.com/D7hQDG55qD
– Samuel Cogez (@SamuelCogez) October 16, 2023
The Louvre Museum and the Palace of Versailles were also evacuated this weekend following bomb threats.
Last Friday, a 20-year-old radicalized Russian-Chechen teacher was murdered and three people were injured at this Arras secondary school.
President Macron called the attack “Islamic terrorism” and forced the country to beef up security. The Vigipirate anti-terror alert was raised to the highest level and up to 7,000 soldiers from Operation Sentinelle were mobilized across France.
This Monday, at 2 p.m. (1 p.m. in Lisbon), a minute of silence will be observed in French schools in honor of the victims of the school attacks.
“We will be there to guarantee your safety,” Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne promised teachers on Saturday.
Source: TSF
