INFO BFMTV. A computer and USB keys containing the Olympic Games security plans for Paris town hall were stolen from a train at the Gare du Nord. An investigation has been opened.
It is a matter which is a task five months before the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris. An employee of the Paris town hall filed a complaint this Monday, February 26, after noticing the theft of his bag when he had just boarded a train leaving for Creil (Oise) from the Gare du Nord in Paris , BFMTV learned from a police source.
“Sensitive information”
It was 7:30 p.m. when this 56-year-old engineer pushed open the door of the Gare du Nord police station (10th) to report the theft he had just suffered, before detailing the contents of his bag.
Inside, a professional computer and two USB keys containing “sensitive” information.
In this case, these are the Olympic Games security plans for the Paris town hall, which plans to deploy nearly 2,000 agents, including a majority of municipal police officers, for the duration of the Olympic Games (July 26). to August 11).
An open investigation
According to initial investigations, the theft occurred between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. while the victim was seated on a train, parked at platform 18 of the Gare du Nord.
The engineer indicated, in his complaint, that he had placed his bag in a compartment above his seat before noticing its theft as he was preparing to change trains.
Investigators from regional transport security (SRT) were responsible for the investigations. Video surveillance images from the Gare du Nord are being used.