An “extremely serious alert” message scares Parisians | EUROtoday
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VSsome believed it was an assault or a kidnapping. “All the mobiles on the train rang at the same time, making a big shrill noise,” says François, who was coming back from work on Monday night when his smartphone began screaming at 8:02 p.m. within the RER, at Étoile station. , with a message titled “extremely serious alert”.
François “at first thought it was a hack”, however it was certainly a message despatched by the Paris police headquarters through the FR-Alert system to these positioned close to the longer term safety perimeter which will probably be put in place. place alongside the Seine from July 18 to 26 for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Journalists from Point additionally acquired the alert close to Balard station, southwest of Paris, some with out the audible alarm. For others, the message was in English.
����If you have been in Paris inside the safety perimeter that will probably be arrange for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, you need to have acquired an alert in your telephone to tell you of the opening of the platform for get the QR Code to entry it… pic.twitter.com/qR8HMnsUy2
— Police Prefecture (@prefpolice) May 13, 2024
“If you were in Paris within the security perimeter that will be set up for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, you should have received an alert on your phone to inform you of the opening of the platform to obtain the QR Code to access it from July 18 to 26. To obtain it, go here pass-jeux.gouv.fr,” indicated the Paris police headquarters at 8:55 p.m.
Contacted by Point for extra info, the Ministry of the Interior referred to the tweet from the police headquarters.
…/… More info to come back on Point
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