The Minister of the Interior specified this Friday the security system that will protect the arrival of the Olympic flame in Marseille on May 8 at the old port.
An exceptional unit. Almost 6,000 members of the police will be deployed for the arrival of the Olympic flame in Marseille on May 8, Gérald Darmanin announced on Friday 26. April while he was traveling in the city of Marseille.
France 3 Provence-Alpes describes the announcements by the Minister of the Interior on the security measures planned for May 8 in Marseille.
6,000 members of the police mobilized
Nearly 6,000 members of the police will be deployed. Mobile gendarmes, CRS, Raid police officers, air and maritime brigade, soldiers of Operation “Sentinel”, will be mobilized. Considering the affected agents in Marseille (firemen, security personnel, municipal police officers, etc.), this system will even surpass that deployed in the second largest city in France in September 2023 for the visit of Pope Francis, which had been then described as “out of the ordinary”.
The old port will be “watertight”
ONE “anti-terrorist perimeter around the old port” described by the Home Secretary as “water proof”, is planned. There will be a “screening” of people with “palpation” and clearing of 4,000 boats in the Old Port, particularly with the help of 80 anti-explosive dogs.
The security of Marseille and its surroundings already started on 25 April, since the prefect of police has six mobile force units at his disposal. A device that will gain momentum until May 8.
No “characterized” terrorist threat at this time
“There is nobodyas a clear threat affecting the Olympic and Paralympic Games as I speaksaid Gérald Darmanin, on the other hand, there are scenarios that people consider dangerous, especially in connection with radical Islamism.” These will be “monitored and arrested”. “We monitor everyone who wants to shop”assured the minister.
vigilance against “threats from ultra-left protesters”
Gérald Darmanin said he was also wary of threats from extremes, in particular “threats from ultra-left protesters”. The minister said that his services are very attentive to movements that want “competing in the Olympic Games, extinguishing the flame or having protest demonstrations”. A “demonstration site” will be provided. The police prefect will soon communicate about authorized and prohibited places.
Show that everyone can be heard without ruining this popular celebration of national pride.
Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interiorduring a press briefing in Marseille
As for “more radical demands”, the intelligence services will be “very mobilized”, Gérald Darmanin said, giving an example of “those who would like to throw themselves into the water to prevent the boat from returning“.
An alternative if the wind is too strong
For the hypothesis that the wind would be greater than 25 knots and would prevent Belem from entering the old port, Gérald Darmanin assured that there would be “an alternative”: “But since the weather is always nice in Marseille, I can’t imagine that this situation can exist”he reassured.
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