In Rouen, a message of threats of an attack targeting the Flaubert high school is taken very seriously by the authorities. Civil security deminers are mobilized.
The Gustave Flaubert high school in Rouen closes its doors this Thursday morning after threats of an attack on the establishment’s digital workspace, the prefecture announced.
“A message threatening to commit an attack at the Gustave Flaubert high school in Rouen was published this evening on a private group in the digital workspace of a senior class“, indicates the press release published on the night of Wednesday to Thursday. This internet portal, dedicated to high school students, is also accessible to parents and teachers.
Informed by the management of the school and the parents of students, the prefect ordered the temporary closure of the establishment as a precautionary measure. An investigation was also opened, entrusted to the judicial police of Rouen.
At this stage, no threat has been confirmed, but a “reinforced security device” has been implemented and “civil security deminers“were also mobilized, said the prefecture.