Severed cables deprive the campus of power and internet network
April 24, 2023 (excerpt)

New blockades were momentarily set up by opponents of the pension reform on the Grenoble university campus in Saint-Martin-d’Hères, this Monday morning, April 24: in front of the Michel-Dubois building (housing the Human Sciences UFR) as well as in front of those of the Arsh (the Arts and Human Sciences UFR) and the DLST (Department of Science and Technology).

More seriously, when they arrived on campus, students, teachers and staff noticed that the electricity and Internet were cut off in many buildings, whose facades had been covered with tags. “One or more fiber optic cables were deliberately cut and electrical transformers were broken, cables cut and locks allowing access to facilities damaged,” confirmed the president of the University of Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Yassine Lakhnech.

“A setting in energy conservation,” according to a tweet published by “Étudiants Solidaires Grenoble.” “Acts of vandalism, even sabotage,” according to the president of the UGA, “which we do not know if they were committed during the weekend or on Sunday night,” he continued.

However, the situation was restored by 11:30 a.m. and the activity of the UGA resumed normally but “in the meantime, students have not been able to prepare their exams in the university libraries, exams have been disrupted, staff have not been able to work, classes could not take place and the university restaurant remained closed,” lamented Yassine Lakhnech.

via: sansnom Translated by Act for freedom now!