Media: About 20 schools in Paris receive bomb threats

About 20 schools across Paris have received bomb threats via a digital learning portal. In this regard, a number of schools, as well as kindergartens and primary schools near one of the affected lyceums, were closed, Report informs referring to the Parisien newspaper.

The threatening letters from the Islamic State were accompanied by a 12-minute video in which a man in uniform speaking fluent French explained how to carry out the killing blows.

Teams of specialists with dog handlers were sent to each of the educational institutions to carry out the necessary checks.

The Figaro newspaper reported that another school in the French capital, with 1,700 students, was evacuated after receiving a bomb threat and all classes were cancelled.