The Paris Olympics are a month away and city police chief Laurent Nunez has addressed security concerns.
FILE - Paris police prefect Laurent Nunez reacts during a meeting with Parisians at a Paris town hall, Thursday, Feb.8, 2024. With just 35 days before the start of the Olympics, Paris police chief Laurent Nunez held a press conference on Friday, June 21, 2024, to address security concerns, notably about the unprecedented opening ceremony on the Seine river. Nunez said police forces remain on high alert. The Olympics start on July 24, and two days later is the opening ceremony.
“Since the end of the Second World War, there has never been such a massive mobilization of military forces on French soil,” said General Christophe Abad, who is in charge of the military operations in Paris.carrying athletes along a six-kilometer section of the Seine. Snipers will be stationed along the route, and the three tactical forces of the French police —BRI, RAID, and GIGN — will cooperate for the first time ever during the ceremony.
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