According to local police, an “8 to 10 metre long” graffiti was discovered by the Bac in Roubaix at around eight in the evening on Sunday January the 30th. Police were initially called to the scene after receiving a report that two people were placing graffiti on the Quai de Wattrelos in Roubaix. On the spot, officers determined that the graffiti was related to the Zone interdite programme on Islamism, which was broadcast on M6 on Sunday January 23 and in which a segment was dedicated to the city of Roubaix. “M6 de pute” (M6 is a whore) was written there in freshly applied paint.
The wall on which the message was written is located on the Roubaix canal, opposite the IT company OVH, one of the city’s largest employers. According to the police, the wall is adjacent to a brownfield site that houses a Roma camp. An investigation has been launched. On Monday January 31, the graffiti was still there.