a concert of the French rapper Lomepal canceled after a “terrorist threat”

Some 8,500 people present at the Geneva Arena were evacuated just before the concert of French rapper Lomepal, Saturday February 25, reports the Swiss daily The weather. The event has been canceled for security reasons. A spokesperson for the Geneva public prosecutor’s office told the newspaper that a man had been arrested after posting a message on a social network, which could be understood as “the threat of a terrorist act”. This person, born in 1983, had been reported by the French authorities to Switzerland, reports The weather.

According to the daily, the Geneva Arena was searched and the evacuation of the premises was supervised by several police patrols. Police dog and demining brigades were also deployed, the police told the newspaper. The organizer of the Lomepal concert has, for its part, announced that it is working for “find a replacement date”.