He is a hoax whose staff of the Saussaye school in Neuilly-sur-Seine will no doubt remember a long time … This Friday noon, around 11:30 am, a witness gives the alert by phone. Several individuals would have been introduced into the school. “As a precaution”, according to the words of the mayor of the town Jean-Christophe Fromantin, the management decides to safely put the 400 children present in this establishment located boulevard de la Saussaye, a stone's throw from the Jatte Island . The latter are then confined.
For their part, the police deploy the great means. For almost two hours, the building is inspected in every corner. While an apartment apartment is within the establishment, the police do not hesitate to smash the door to ensure that no one is inside. But nothing, no individual is found. The police quickly concluded that the call received a few minutes earlier was only a hoax. Around 1:30 p.m., the system was lifted, and the students released.
In Île-de-France, malicious calls are regular. In 2023, there was a significant increase in false bomb alerts and “swatting”, this practice which consists in unnecessarily provoking the intervention of the police. As a reminder, this type of hoax is liable to a sentence of two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros.
