Paris to deploy 4,000 police for 'high-risk' France-Israel football match

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10 November 2024 at 5:14 pm·1-min read

A atleta natural de Benguela ficou no 6 ª lugar da prova de meias-finais de atletismo, que decorreu no Stade de France.

A high police presence is being prepared for the France v Israel Nations League match on Thursday at the Stade de France in Paris following attacks on visiting Israeli football fans last week in Amsterdam.

Paris police said Sunday that 4,000 officers and 1,600 stadium staff will be deployed for Thursday's match to ensure security in and around the stadium and on public transport.

The announcement comes a week after violence in Amsterdam between groups of individuals and Maccabi Tel-Aviv supporters, which drew international condemnation.

"It's going to be a high-risk match", said Paris police chief Laurent Nuñez, in "a very tense geopolitical context" in reference to the Israel-Gaza war and Israeli strikes on north Lebanon.

In addition to 2,500 police officers in and around the Stade de France stadium and 1,500 others on public transport in Paris, Nunez said some 1,600 security agents will also be mobilised at the stadium, and France's elite police unit (Raid) will provide security for the Israeli team.

“There will be an anti-terrorist security perimeter around the stadium,” he added. Security checks will be “reinforced,” including with systematic pat-downs and bag searches.

Israeli authorities have urged fans not to attend.

(with newswires)

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