Tuesday November 5. Last Thursday, a strange individual declared to a group of students at the gates of Faculty of Philosophy and Philology that a shooting was going to take place on the Complutense University campus. Everything indicates that this is a joke in bad taste, but the truth is that this Tuesday, the National Police had deployed a special device to prevent any unforeseen event.
During the day on Monday, police sources confirmed that they were aware of the situation and that an investigation was opened in order to clarify these events. On the other hand, given the strange circumstances of the case, these sources indicated that no scenario was excluded, Even if these facts were not true. But the truth is, to prevent any riskthis Tuesday there was more police presence at the faculty of Philosophy and Philology.
Sources from Complutense University explain to Madrid Total that “fortunately, all classes and exams are taking place normally”. Questioned by some students, they explain that the faculty is “emptier than usual”, but they confirm that the activity “It’s developing normally.”
Faced with the possible threat of such a violent act, the UCM distributed an email between teachers and students in which they explained the situation. In this communication, it was explained that “a individual in a state of mental confusion and intoxication “He scolded several students.” on the night of Thursday, October 31, at the gates of the Faculty of Philosophy and Philology.
This could be a joke on Halloween nightbut the truth is that the witnesses of these events alerted their colleagues through a chat that began to go viral on social networks.
In this WhatsApp conversation, the students told their classmates that they had spoken “at length” with “a very strange child that no one knew” who warned him not to go to school on Tuesday because there would be “a shooting.” After asking if it was “a joke”, the individual “never denied it”, so this group of students chose to “notify the police.”
In the communication that they distributed from the Complutense rectorate, they explained that “the Control and Security Unit of the UCM coordinates investigations into these events in collaboration with the National Police” and takes “the necessary reinforcement measures to ensure safety on campus.
In the said email, it was also specified that “it was made available to the National Police “all available information and certain preventive actions have been carried out” in the face of this unprecedented situation.
On the other hand, as he was able to discover Madrid Total, Monday morning, the dean of the Faculty of Philosophy held a “long meeting, about two hours” with “a senior police officer leading the investigation into what happened“.
In the email that the dean sent to the rest of the professors, he explained that they had “weighed all available data” and it was concluded that “there is no indication that allows us to assume that this Tuesday there is a risk greater than the usual risk.” Thus, “activity within the faculty will be the usual another day.”
Online courses
On the other hand, one student emphasizes that he had the possibility of “following the courses from home”, in case someone was “scared by the news”.
But not everyone has this possibility.like a philosophy degree student: “Tuesday, I have to come to school because I have an exam and I’m not going to fail it because of a prank from an unbalanced person.”
Furthermore, a professor indicated that he currently holds a place in this faculty. “a conference” devoted to several important philosophers. This teacher said it was a “must do” event because it had been planned “for a long time.”
But all the teachers and students agreed on the same point: “Complutense hit the headlines last March. for a very tragic story“Let’s hope this doesn’t happen again for such a serious act of violence.”
