Security for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games is one of the major challenges facing the organization, with France raising its highest alert level after an attack on around 140 people attending a concert in Moscow, Russia. In response, the group returned to center stage. He died at Crocus Town Hall. According to French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, the decision to raise the alert level to the highest level means 4,000 soldiers are waiting to be deployed. The aim is to add personnel to “sensitive locations such as schools, religious temples, concert halls, train stations, airports and city centres”.
The attacks in Moscow were claimed by a branch of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) and were part of a series of attacks at the Bataclan concert hall and various bars in Paris on November 13, 2015. It reminded me of an event where someone died. A friendly match was being played between France and Germany near the Stade France.
French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged in recent hours that Islamic State was also behind several attempted attacks in the country, and Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin said attacks were thwarted “almost every month.” I admitted that there was. .
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The State Administration of Defense and Security in Moscow belongs to the Elysee State of the President of the Republic.
Complete Islamic law and revenge against threats, don't ask for payment and stay safe…
— Gabriel Attal (@GabrielAttal) March 24, 2024
Europe is on high alert, and of course Paris is as well. Paris is expected to host nearly 10 million spectators when the Olympics open in just four months.
During a visit to Roubaix, near the Belgian border, Darmanin acknowledged that France was “particularly under threat, especially during such an extraordinary event as the Olympics.” The interior minister said: “French police, gendarmes, governors and intelligence services are ready for the Games.”
One of the big challenges for security forces is that the Olympic Games will officially open on July 26, but the ceremony will not take place in stadiums as is traditional, but will involve athletes crossing the Seine. It will be a historic ceremony. boat. The event is expected to draw 1 million people between those who pay for tickets and those who attend the event nearby.
A few months ago, during a visit to the National Institute of Sport and Performance (INSEP), President Macron acknowledged that “our first challenge is security, given the ever-present threat of terrorism.” The president said alternatives to the ceremony were being considered in case of a threat, but organizing committee president Tony Estingue later said the ceremony would go ahead as planned on the Seine and that other He said he has no plans in mind.
Another security challenge involves the torch relay, which will start in Marseille on May 8 and travel to more than 400 locations before arriving in Paris. The Olympic torch will be guarded by a “bubble” of 100 troops.
The interior minister announced that 13 of the 12,000 people who had registered to take part in the relay had been rejected, citing intelligence agencies' “links to Islamic extremism, foreign interference or the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.” He explained that three people had been eliminated. France will deploy 30,000 troops and about 15,000 soldiers to cover all headquarters, as well as about 20,000 security personnel.
