Several schools in Brussels and Walloon Brabant closed after bomb threat

2023-11-27 06:13:47

November 27, 2023
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The police are touring all the schools in Brussels and Walloon Brabant that were the subject of a bomb threat on Sunday. An evaluation will be made during the day, indicates Wallonie-Bruxelles Enseignement.

Several schools in Brussels and Walloon Brabant of the Wallonia-Brussels Education (WBE) network will remain closed this Monday morning followinga bomb threat fell on Sunday evening, announced the organizing authority this Monday. In total, some 10,000 students are affected by these closures, according to an estimate from WBE.

The police are touring all the establishments concerned and an assessment will be made during the day, specifies Cécile Marquette, deputy general director in charge of communication at Wallonie-Bruxelles Enseignement. WBE adds that the measure was decided “in strict compliance with the precautionary principle”. “We must not give in to panic”, says Cécile Marquette. “Many establishments have been affected by similar alerts in recent weeks.”

Schools are expected to remain closed all day Monday, but there is a good chance they will reopen Tuesday. The network’s website (www.wbe.be) will be regularly updated on Monday.

Here is the list of establishments concerned:

• The Royal Athenaeum of Auderghem
• The basic school annexed to the Royal Atheneum of Auderghem
• The Athénée royal Gatti de Gamond (secondary section)
• The boarding school annexed to the Athénée royal Gatti de Gamond
• The Royal Athenaeum of Sippelberg (Molenbeek)
• The fundamental and primary schools annexed to the Royal Athenaeum of Sippelberg
• The Athénée Victor Horta (Saint-Gilles)
• The Basic School annexed to the Royal Victor Horta Athenaeum (Saint-Gilles)
• The boarding school annexed to the Athénée royal Uccle 1
• The Little School on the Prairie (Uccle)
• The Royal Athenaeum of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
• The basic school annexed to the Royal Athenaeum of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
• The fundamental school annexed to the Royal Athenaeum of Evere
• The basic school annexed to the Royal Athenaeum Leonardo Da Vinci (Goujons and De Swaef sites)
• The fundamental and primary schools annexed to the Athénée royal Rive gauche (Laeken)
• The specialized school “Les Astronautes” in Ixelles
• The Riva Bella Royal Athenaeum in Braine-l’Alleud (secondary section)
• The boarding school annexed to the Riva Bella Royal Athenaeum in Braine-l’Alleud
• The Royal Athenaeum of Waterloo
• The basic school annexed to the Royal Athenaeum of Waterloo
• The boarding school annexed to the Royal Athenaeum of Waterloo
• The Athénée royal de Jodoigne (secondary section)
• The Royal Athenaeum by Paul Delvaux d’Ottignies
• The basic school annexed to the Athénée royal Paul Delvaux d’Ottignies
• The Royal Athenaeum Rixensart Wavre (Wavre and Rixensart locations)
• The basic schools annexed to the Royal Athenaeum of Rixensart Wavre (Wavre and Rixensart locations)
• The boarding school annexed to the Royal Athenaeum Rixensart Wavre (Lasne)

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