Paris schools on terror attack alert after Russia ISIS threat
On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, at least 20 schools in Paris received terrorist attack threats, affecting neighborhoods in the XII, XV, XIX, and XVI districts. This comes as France is currently on “emergency attack alert” under the Vigipirate anti-terrorist plan following a recent terrorist attack in Russia by ISIS K that also threatened France.
One of the affected schools was Pierre Alviset in the V neighborhood of Paris, which had to evacuate all students before 9 am due to threats of a terrorist nature. Another incident occurred at Jean de la Fontaine high school in the 16th neighborhood, where 1,700 students were sent home after a bomb alert forced the evacuation of the school building.
The messages received by schools via the ETN system referenced bomb threats accompanied by alarming content, leading to the closure of accounts that received the messages to prevent further exposure to students. In addition to the threats in Paris, dozens of high schools in the south of France also received similar threats, causing fear and concern among the educational community.
The situation is further exacerbated by tensions surrounding the issue of secularism and