An investigation has been opened into death threats received by the head of a French university who has been accused by conservatives of a “chilling indulgence” towards Islamist activists.
The inquiry into the threats made against Isabelle von Bueltzingsloewen, the president of Lumière Lyon 2 University, comes at a time when French higher education establishments are riven by the sort of divisions that have emerged in the US since the October 7 attacks by Hamas.
