After the video of women being stabbed as part some rite that is reported as fake went viral, people have started questioning the safety measures at the CERN’s campus. The incident took place without the permission of campus authorities. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is investigating into the matter to find those responsible for the incident.

The video showed some people who were gathered at a main square of Geneva campus of CERN where the Large Hadron Collider is housed. People were in black cloaks gathered around a Hindu deity Shiva that has been at CERN for display since 2014. It is suspected that they were performing certain kind of fake ceremony. The video was taken by an onlooker from a building through its window.

“These scenes were filmed on our premises but without official permission or knowledge. Cern does not condone this type of spoof, which can give rise to misunderstandings about the scientific nature of our work”,said a CERN spokeswoman told Agence France-Presse. She said the investigation is going on and the matter is entirely internal.

In support of the security measures operational at CERN, the spokeswomen said that CERN IDs are checked at every entrance all the time. She also said that those involved in the prank had access badges. She added that the organization invites many scientists from around the world every year. Some scientists dothings as recently reported to satisfy their humorous instincts.

Geneva police said they are getting update about the incident from the organization, but are not part of the official investigation. The Shiva statue is 2-metre-high. The incident has left people shocked about how such a thing was performed at CERN andthat no one came to stop.

According to a report in Popular Mechanics by Avery Thompson, "The video appears to show some kind of occult ritual being performed on CERN's campus that culminates in a human sacrifice. The video was filmed from the point-of-view of an observer watching the ritual from a second- or third-story window, who then flees while cursing profusely."

A CERN spokesperson has told Agence France-Presse that the video is only a prank and that nobody actually died. Still, she says, "These scenes were filmed on our premises without official permission or knowledge" and "CERN does not condone this type of spoof." An investigation is underway.

The spokesperson confirmed that the only people capable of gaining access to CERN facilities are people with security clearance, which means the pranksters must be CERN employees or visiting scientists. The CERN spokesperson did not comment on possible suspects.

A report published in Science Alert informed, "Ground security at CERN's Switzerland headquarters, which houses the Large Hadron Collider, is now under some serious scrutiny, with officials telling the media that those involved in the staged ritual had access badges."

"These scenes were filmed on our premises but without official permission or knowledge," a CERN spokesperson told the Agence France-Presse. "CERN does not condone this type of spoof, which can give rise to misunderstandings about the scientific nature of our work."

CERN told the AFP that IDs are checked by all researchers visiting the grounds, day and night, but it looks like what they do once they get access is less carefully monitored. Technical and experimental facilities are much more closely guarded.