The affair had aroused enough emotion to cause the Minister of National Education, Nicole Belloubet, to travel there on Friday. After the threats last Tuesday against the Trégey vocational high school in Bordeaux, which had caused its evacuation and then its closure, a suspect was arrested on Friday, said this Saturday the public prosecutor Frédérique Porterie in 20 minutes.
“Investigators arrested a 16-year-old suspect at his parents’ home in Bordeaux who was taken into police custody on charges of threatening death or dangerous damage to property against a person. responsible for public service mission, public insult because of origin, ethnicity, nation, race or religion; public apology for an act of terrorism. »
Identified via its IP address
The teenager had launched a bomb threat “by email” against the establishment on Tuesday, signed “Al-Qaeda” “Daesh” “Hamas” “Warrior of Daesh! » “Cold-blooded killer!” » “Servant of the great Daesh group! “.
The Bordeaux public prosecutor’s office contacted the services of the DCOS (division for combating organized and specialized crime) in order to identify the perpetrator. He was quickly identified via his IP address. During his police custody, the accused, who attended the Trégey high school, admitted the facts and justified them “by his lack of enthusiasm to go to classes on March 27 and 28” because they “were very busy. »
The individual “contests any desire to take action”
“Despite the very violent content of the threats made, the individual contests any malice and any desire to commit the act” adds the Bordeaux public prosecutor.
The high school principal and the teachers targeted in the threatening writings filed a complaint. The investigations are continuing and, “barring any element likely to consider another decision, the prosecution is considering referring the accused during the day [de samedi] or tomorrow [dimanche]. »