Lomepal will not even have set foot on stage. The rapper’s concert organized this Saturday at the Arena in Geneva (Switzerland) was canceled at the last minute because of threats made by a man on the Internet, reports the HuffPost.
The performance hall, which was sold out for the arrival of the French singer, was evacuated just after the first part. The authorities have indeed spotted online threats written by a 40-year-old man and which could be perceived as “the threat of a passage to the terrorist act”, indicated the spokesperson for the Swiss public prosecutor’s office to the Time. The suspect was arrested the next day.
Very disappointed fans
“The first part ended a little before 9 p.m. and then we waited for ninety minutes without having more information,” said one of the spectators to The Tribune of Geneva. The time for the authorities to search the building and secure the area to allow the public to evacuate serenely.
So 8,500 people had to leave the room without having had the live experience they were hoping for. An incident that disappointed more than one, starting with Lomepal itself. “Sorry to all the audience who looked gorgeous during Yassine Stein’s opening act,” the rapper posted on Instagram. “We share this disappointment, we will come back soon. »
