threats

Terrorism

Ikea warned: Give to charity or face bombing

Menacing letters, one signed by the name ‘Robin Wood’, threatened to bomb and set fire to Ikea locations in France if the Swedish furniture giant did not meet several somewhat bizarre demands, it was revealed this week.

Protests

Police up security amid 'homophobic' attacks

Amid claims of a sharp rise in homophobic incidents, and after recent high-profile attacks on gay people in Paris and Nice, police in the French capital have stepped up their presence in neighbourhoods popular among the gay community.

Protests

Gunpowder sent to head of French parliament

BREAKING NEWS: The president of France’s National Assembly on Monday received a letter containing gunpowder and ordering him to put off Tuesday’s parliamentary vote on gay marriage. The letter warned “you wanted war, and you’ve got it.”

Crime

Judge in Sarkozy case receives death threat

The row over a corruption probe against Nicolas Sarkozy has escalated after the judge who charged France's former president received a bullet and a death threat in the post.

Education

Headteacher abused over lesson on Islam

The principal of a Catholic primary school in the east of France received a torrent of abusive phone calls, letters and emails, all because one of her teachers gave a history lesson on Islam.

Terrorism

Jihadist group delivers chilling threat to France

The jihadist group believed to be behind the deadly hostage siege in Algeria has issued a series of alarming threats against France, warning that last week’s mass kidnapping at the In Amenas gas plant was “only the beginning.”