2023-10-28 11:17:00
Since the attack which cost the lives of two Swedes on October 16, the threat level has been raised to 3 across the country.
According to Ocam director Gert Vercauteren, the war between the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip constitutes an “emotional triggering event”. “In this context, there is of course a great risk that some people will express their anger or frustrations in a violent way,” he told Radio 1. “We are already seeing the number of threat reports increasing. ( …) We have to meet almost daily with the services concerned to deal with very worrying cases.”
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Threats have thus been issued against the Jewish community on social networks. The head of Ocam also fears that people will “imitate” terrorists. “We have to be very careful about this. I fear we will be stuck with this for a while, we also have to see how the conflict in the Gaza Strip evolves but I don’t think the consequences will disappear in the next few years. weeks.”
“It is important not to overreact, not to play the terrorists’ game,” insisted Gert Vercauteren. The head of Ocam pleaded “for normal management of things, with increased vigilance and police reinforcements. Let’s keep a cool head, it’s the best we can do in this situation.”
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