A car crashed into the terrace of the bar-restaurant this Wednesday ‘Le Ramus’to the north of Parisand injured at least three people who are in critical condition, according to police.
French authorities added that the driver of the vehicle fled and another of the passengers tested positive for alcohol and drugs.
France is on the highest security alert ahead of the Olympic Games in Paris which will be held from July 26 to August 11.
On the other hand, French security services also detained a few hours earlier in the east of the country a far-right sympathizer suspected of planning attacks to take place during the Games, according to the minister of Within, Gerald Darmanin.
“Bravo to the agents of the Ministry of the Interior who arrested an individual member of the extreme right, suspected of wanting to commit violent actions during the Olympic Games. We will continue our ongoing fight for the safety of the French,” Darmanin expressed in X.
The young man from the Alsace region, administrator of a Telegram group called “French Aryan Division” where he made threats against the Olympic Games, was questioned by the anti-terrorist police, the French newspaper Le Parisien previously reported reported.
There will be 45,000 policemen guarding the opening ceremony of the Palaro, which will be attended by more than 100 heads of state and governmenta senior official said on Wednesday, adding that no changes were planned following last weekend’s assassination attempt on donald trump.
The ceremony, which will be held for the first time outside a stadium, will involve around 80 boats carrying international athletes along a six kilometer route along the river. sign in Eiffel Towersaid the officer, Lambis Konstantinidis.
Athletes and artists will sail past some of the most impressive monuments of the French capital. But, with more than 300,000 spectators expected, it is a security headache, especially during the war in Gaza and Ukraine.
“The route is six kilometers, so we have to guard a large perimeter. That’s why we need so many (security) people,” Konstantinidis, head of Games planning and coordination, told the press.
“Our security plans are very dynamic. They always take into account the latest developments and try to adapt,” he said during a visit to the Games’ security headquarters, adding that they are in close contact -relations with their counterparts in other countries.
Last Saturday’s assassination attempt on former US President Trump at an election rally in Pennsylvania did not change security plans for the Games, Konstantinidis said.
“We have very close cooperation with the security services of the United States and their secret service. So we also share all the information we have,” Konstantinidis said. “We are very confident that we are on the same page, but we have not had to change any of our plans as a result of this very unfortunate incident.”
More than 100 people will work 24 hours a day at the Games security headquarters in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, he explained.
Conflicts abroad and security concerns at home led the French government earlier this year to raise its security alert to the highest level.
In May, a man was arrested in the French city of Saint-Etienne on suspicion of planning an attack on behalf of the Islamic State at the city’s football stadium during the Olympic Games.
Source: La Verdad
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