This Thursday, the airports of Lille, Nantes, Bordeaux and Montpellier were evacuated. Due to bomb threats the next day, 17 airfields had to be evacuated for the same reason, which also forced dozens of schools and the tourist-run Palace of Versailles to be emptied of the public.

Law enforcement agencies interfere with the operations of these airports to dispel doubts about the real existence of bombs according to official protocol, although the government does not attach much importance to these threats.

They occur in a specific context, The country is at maximum alert level terrorist after last Friday’s murder of an institute teacher in Arras, in the north of the country, who was stabbed to death by a Russian-born jihadist who claimed to be acting on behalf of the Islamic State.

Although Justice Minister Eric Dupont-Moretti promised “punish” the “little clowns” who create these problemsTransport Minister Clément Baume said his actions were “not a joke, they are crimes.”

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Bomb threats affected 17 airports this Wednesday. of these, 15 had to be evacuated, leading to the suspension of 130 flights and significant delays to others.

(according to information from EFE)