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Denmark wants its students to stop watching and sharing a graphic video, allegedly depicting the beheading of one of the two Scandinavian tourists killed in Morocco, reports Danish public-service radio DR.
The video in question, which has been shared on social media days after the tragic killings, is being massively shared among young people and primary school students in Denmark.
According to the same source, a school in Aalborg, a city in the Jutland region of Denmark, is trying to limit the spread of the clip, as so many students have watched it.
Stop spreading the video
To deal with the critical situation, the Vejgard Ostre school’s principal decided to speak to pupils about the video and the need of ignoring it. The decision was taken after teachers realized that many «students have been talking about the graphic video», the same source reported.
The same school has sent a message to parents to warn them against the practice and tell them how to deal with the video when sent to their children.
«I think it’s terrible that the video had been shared (…) the best thing to do is to remove it from the internet», said the school’s principal Jesper Saugstrup Jensen, who believes that having a talk about it at school can be helpful.
«It makes sense, now, to let these young people know about ethics, morals and about what is happening in the video», he stressed.
The same opinion was shared in Norway, where the graphic video has made its way to one of the victim’s family and friends. Reportedly, the families of Louisa and Maren have even asked internet users to stop sharing the video after it was posted on their social media.
The Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has also spoken about the video in question. Quoted by Norwegian newspaper VG, Solberg urged people to «stop downloading and spreading the graphic video».
«Spreading such a video creates fear and anxiety (…) I hope people will help (the victims’ families) by showing support and compassion to them», said the Prime Minister who said that she had to delete the video several times from her page on Facebook.
A video that has not been authenticated yet
For the record, the graphic video which allegedly depicts the murder of one of the two Scandinavian backpackers, has not been authenticated yet.
After announcing earlier in December that it «had authenticated» a graphic video, the Danish Intelligence services (PET) «rowed back» in a communiqué released on the same day.
PET said that said video is still being «examined». Meanwhile in Morocco, the Public Prosecutor's office announced that the video is being «investigated» by the authorities and informed that the results of the investigation will be announced upon conclusion.
