On Friday, the pupils and teachers of the Jean-Paul II school in Saint-Galmier and Montrond-les-Bains received death threats via the internal email distribution list Ecoledirecte. A mother of the family testifies.
The Jean-Paul II public school is located in two communes: Montrond-les-Bains with the Saint-Pierre primary and secondary school and Saint-Galmier with the Sainte-Stéphanie primary and secondary school. Over 500 pupils are taught at these two sites.
In order for this whole school to communicate with each other, a website is utilised. This is the Ecoledirecte platform. It is dedicated to the pupils and teachers and allows them to manage school life.
What was the message? The mother is clear: “It was written: “On Monday on the way to class I will cut your throat with a machete …”. This was reminiscent of Daech and aimed at Christianity. The children were very worried and so were we”.
As a result, the headmaster quickly alerted the police and then sent an email to the families. “Yes,” the mother added, “he told us that it was probably a hacking attack on Ecoledirecte coming from outside the school. “He said that a report would be filed on Saturday and that everything would be done by Sunday evening to establish the origin of these messages and ensure the opening of the school association’s facilities on Monday morning. Le Progrès