French authorities will deploy 14,000 police and gendarmes across the country to guarantee security at the World Cup final between France Y Argentina next Sunday, and the avenue of Champs Elysees in Paristraditional place of celebration, will be closed to traffic.
The Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmaninwho went this Friday to the Police Prefecture of Paris to show the device, it is explained that for the match for the third and fourth position, in between Morocco Y Croatiawill bring 12,840 agents to the streets.
This is a figure higher than the 10,000 who turned out on Wednesday during the semifinal match between France Y Moroccoafter which many incidents and riots took place in many cities in France, and which led to the death of a 14-year-old teenager in montpellierhit by an out-of-control car, and the arrest of about 250 people.
Among those arrests, fifty involved, according to law enforcement, members of far-right groups carrying blunt objects such as brass knuckles, suggesting their intention was less to celebrate the victory of France, but to participate in attack and violence.
The presence of a large Moroccan community, particularly outside of Paris and in popular neighborhoods of other big cities, it raises fears that fans’ reaction to the end of Saturday’s match will lead to new conflicts.
The French government must also demonstrate, for image reasons, that it can guarantee the security of this type of sporting events due to the major international competitions that it will organize, after the failure of the final of Champions League on May 28 in between real Madrid and the Liverpool at the Stadium of Franceoutside of Paris.
France put the Rugby World Cup between September and October 2023 before the big event of Olympic Games of Paris in the summer of 2024.
around the stadium FranceIn addition to the huge chaos at the entrance due to ticket control and alleged fraud, on May 28 hundreds of Spanish and British fans were robbed and vandalized by criminal gangs from the surrounding neighborhoods, due to the lack of of action by French law enforcement, mobilized to act against violent fans.
Source: La Verdad
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