Work-shy teen referred to as in bomb risk on faculty to keep away from his most hated class
A 15-year-old student was arrested and a secondary school had to be evacuated after the pupil allegedly called in a bomb threat in order to avoid sitting through a maths class
The school has been targeted by three hoax bomb calls this year alone (Image: GOOGLE MAPS)
A work-shy secondary school student reportedly took drastic methods to avoid sitting through a maths class, by phoning in a bomb threat on the school.
Jacques-Brel High School in Lormont, France was forced to totally evacuate its premises following the bogus call, with the 15-year-old behind the hoax later admitting he alerted the authorities as a means of dodging school, according to French news outlet La Dépêche.
Following an arrest on school premises the Monday (April 2), the maths-hating teen told interrogators that he had called in the bomb threat in order to dodge the subject.
He was later released and given a court summons to appear before a juvenile judge in June.
Under French law, communicating false information that makes others believe that a dangerous act is imminent or has occurred is punishable by as many as two years in prison and a fine of €30,000.
Worryingly, the boy’s alleged bogus bomb call is not the first such threat the school has faced in recent weeks and months.
In fact, Jacques-Brel High School has been the victim of two bogus calls in February and January this year.
There are no suggestions at this time that the boy believed to be involved in the most recent incident had any part in the previous two hoax calls.
The issue of fake bomb threats on schools is not limited to France alone, with the wider issue of an online trend called ‘SWAT-ing’, in which armed police are tricked into arriving at a certain location due to a fake threat, posing serious issues to authorities and has even lead to people being killed.
In 2017, a man in Witchita, Kansas was fatally shot after armed police showed up at his house following a bogus call made as a result of a video game.
Andrew Finch’s address was given by one player to another during an online game of Call of Duty, with the user passing it off as his own.
The second player then made the bogus call, leading to armed police showing up at Finch’s house.
In Liverpool this year, LIPA School was shut down after a bomb threat was made.
Both police and school officials would later state they believed the call to be a hoax.
LIPA School headteacher Claire McKendrick stated at the time in her in her correspondence to parents: “I am writing to inform you that we have made the unfortunate decision to close the school today. “This morning, the school received a bomb threat and a threat to cause harm,” as reported by the Liverpool Echo.
“Whilst these types of messages are, in most cases, hoaxes, the heightened media attention surrounding the school in recent days means we must treat this as a serious and credible risk.”
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