A teenager had been promising a “bloodbath” at his school via Snapchat for several days: he was arrested

News&tagparam=cat%3Dnews" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" style="z-index:1;" allowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" width="100%" height="400" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade">\r\n </iframe>\r\n </template> </r-embed>\r\n <r-btn class="r-btn--more-video" role="button">\r\n <r-icon class="r-icon--plus-rounded"/> of videos\r\n </r-btn>\r\n<!-- END scald=54014099 -->\r\n </p>\r\n \r\n <p>At noon on Tuesday, the police received the first reports from students and parents of students who announced that they had seen threats on Snapchat: "According to the screenshots we have seen, the author of the messages promised 'a bloodbath' at school", an official from the Lanaken-Maasmechelen police area told Mediahuis group media.</p>\r\n \r\n </r-article--section><r-pub class=" ultimedia-outstream-player"><i-pub id="ultimedia-outstream-player"><!-- IN-READ PLACEHOLDER --></i-pub></r-pub><r-article--section><p>\r\n <!-- scald=54013545:full "context":"full","view_mode":"enacarbon_teaser_kroll_list","scald_mediacontext":"full","dpiservices":false -->\r\n <aside class="r-stories">\r\n <span class="r-stories--label">Read also</span>\r\n 'I intend to tear down all schools, hospitals and the police': 19-year-old threatens to carry out a massive attack in Belgium and warns the media by email, he was arrested on Thursday morning\r\n</aside>\r\n<!-- END scald=54013545 -->\r\n </p>\r\n \r\n <p>Actions were taken and an investigation was opened in the process. If the author of the messages did not openly say which institution he was targeting, the police were reassured to know that the various buildings were almost always empty, as students are in the midst of exams.</p>\r\n \r\n </r-article--section><r-pub class="r-pub--inread gr-ads-inread"><i-pub id="gr-ads-inread"><!-- // builder=DFPTagBuilder, site=SUDPRESSEV2, pageType=node, context=/Sections/Actualité/Faits divers/Faits divers en Belgique, position=rossel-imu-top-article-inread, edition=, domain=www.sudinfo.be\r\n \r\n -->\r\n</i-pub></r-pub><r-article--section>\r\n \r\n <p>Thursday night, a suspect was identified and arrested. He was questioned.</p>\r\n \r\n </r-article--section><r-pub class="r-pub--inread gr-ads-inread"><i-pub id="gr-ads-inread"><!-- // builder=DFPTagBuilder, site=SUDPRESSEV2, pageType=node, context=/Sections/Actualité/Faits divers/Faits divers en Belgique, position=rossel-imu-top-mobile, edition=, domain=www.sudinfo.be\r\n \r\n -->\r\n</i-pub></r-pub><r-article--section/><r-pub class=" slg-inread"><i-pub id="slg-inread"><!-- IN-READ PLACEHOLDER --></i-pub></r-pub><r-article--section><p>The activities planned for this Friday will take place, the threat having been neutralized, according to the police.</p></r-article--section>\r\n </div> \r\n ?"> Submit