Two veiled women dumped a canister full of gasoline outside the Anne Sylvestre school in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis, at around 11:50 a.m. on Thursday, April 4, despite being warned by an officer monitoring public roads, a police source told Valeurs actuelles.
They then left the site by car. A teacher from the nearby Jean Jaurès school group closed the leaking gas cylinder. The three occupants of the vehicle were eventually arrested. The Anne Sylvestre School and the Paul Bert kindergarten opposite had to be closed.
The object, a gas cylinder for gardeners, which was used to destroy weeds, was rendered harmless. The suspects claimed that the cylinder had been leaking in their car and that they had left it outside on the advice of the fire brigade. The trio were taken into police custody for possession and transport of dangerous goods.