Easter: 13,500 law enforcement officers mobilized to “protect religious services”, announces Darmanin. “The police are present throughout the national territory from Good Friday until tomorrow Easter Monday to protect services in an extremely difficult context where terrorism can strike," declared the Minister of the Interior during a press point on the square in front of Saint-Maclou Cathedral in Pontoise.
Easter, which commemorates the resurrection of Christ for Christians, is celebrated on Sunday by Catholics and Protestants, and on May 5 by the Orthodox.