The case is not dissimilar to that of young Mila. A group of young people from Nantes were victims of online threats for several days after imitating a Muslim prayer, as reported by Ouest France on Thursday October 14. An investigation was launched for ” offences with a view to committing a felony or criminal offence ” and police patrols had to be deployed around the high school attended by the victims.
It all started with a video shot in a private setting in January that was not intended for broadcast. According to the newspaper, the 17-second film, shot during a birthday party, shows the youths, who were in ninth grade at the time, laughing as they imitate Muslims praying. Nevertheless, the footage was posted on Twitter and Instagram in early October, triggering a stream of abuse and death threats. Unlike the case of Mila, who was accused by her harassers of publicly insulting Islam, “this is more of a very silly goings-on,” a source familiar with the case told Ouest France. “But we can see that it is already getting out of control.The pseudonyms and sometimes even the real names of the youths were published on social networks. The investigators therefore claim that they are taking the matter seriously. A few days after the first broadcast of the video and the filing of the first complaints, on Wednesday October 13, they were still in the consultation phase.But then they began to identify the anonymous user accounts behind which the abusers were hiding. They face up to five years in prison. At the same time, their school headmasters and parents’ associations say they are careful not to stigmatise them and warn students not to misuse social networks.
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