PAPER DARTS HAS RECIEVED THE FOLLOWING COMMUNIQUE, WHICH WE PUBLISH FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY
Submitter’s note: this comes through the systematic paper La Dauphine via https://sansnom.noblogs.org/archives/16486 . It is somewhat of a habit for people living in territory dominated by the french state to severe underground cables, especially fibre-optic ones, as it appears it is especially easy to lift up the manholes covering them and do. The image is from a seperate case, and reads “wave of sabotages”.)
Severed cables deprive the campus of current and and internet.
Le Dauphiné, 24 April 2023 (extract)
New blockages have been set up by opponents of retirement reform on the university campus of Grenoble in Saint-Martin-d’Hères, this Monday, April 24 in the morning: in front of the Michel-Dubois building (manufacturer l’UFR Sciences de l’Homme) and in front of the Arsh (UFR Arts and Human Sciences) and the DLST (Department of Science and Technology).
More serious, when they arrived on campus, students, teachers and staff realized that a power and internet cut affected many buildings, whose facades had also been covered by tags.
“One or more fiber optic cables have been deliberately cut and electric transformers have been broken, cables cut and locks allowing access to installations degraded” said the president of Grenoble Alpes University (UGA), Yassine Lakhnech.
“Energy conservation”, according to a tweet published by “Students Solidaires Grenoble”. “The acts of vandalism, or even sabotage”, according to the president of the UGA, “it is not known if they were committed during the weekend or in the night of Sunday to Monday,” he continued.
However, the situation was re-established from 11:30 a.m. and the activity of the UGA normally resumes, but “in the meantime, students were unable to prepare their exams in the university libraries, exams were disrupted, staff were unable to work, courses could not take place and the university restaurant remained closed,” Yassine Lakhnech complained.
