The French interior minister says security authorities have foiled a plan to attack soccer events during the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Gerald Darmanin said in a statement that members of the General Directorate of Internal Security arrested an 18-year-old man from Chechnya on May 22 on suspicion of being behind a plan to attack soccer events that will be held in the southern city of Saint-Etienne.in Saint-Etienne that will host several soccer matches during the Summer Games. The planned attack was to target spectators and police forces, the statement said.
The Paris Olympics will run from July 26-Aug. 11. Soccer matches will take place in cities across France before the final in Paris’ Stade de France.Darmanin, the interior minister, did not cite a specific security threat against the soccer event, but said there are , which bring more than 100 world leaders to the French capital. It involves boats carrying athletes along the River Seine on a 6-kilometer parade and huge crowds watching from the embankments.
Macron said France’s law enforcement forces will be mobilized at an exceptional level for the security of the open-air event,"but if we think there are risks, depending on our analysis of the context, we have fallback scenarios.” Organizers had originally planned a grandiose Opening Ceremony for as many as 600,000 people, most watching free of charge from riverbanks. But security and logistical concerns have led the government to progressively scale back its ambitions. Earlier this year, the overall number of spectators was reduced to around 300,000.
The French government also decided that tourists won’t be given free access to watch the Opening Ceremony because of security concerns. Free access will be invitation-only instead.
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