Frescoes in tribute to Charlie-Hebdo cartoonists, killed in the attack of January 7, 2015, rue Nicolas-Appert, in the 11th arrondissement -
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The old
Charlie Hebdo building
, target of the chopper attack which left two injured on Friday in Paris, "was not the subject of any known threat," said the police headquarters on Saturday, accused by the minister of the Interior for having "undervalued" the threat.
"The companies that are currently housed there have not reported any threats against their staff," according to the police headquarters.
The current site of the
Charlie Hebdo
headquarters
,
whose address is kept secret, "has been the subject of reinforced security with static guard since the start of the opening of the trial" of the January 2015 attacks. opened at the beginning of September before the special assize court in Paris, adds the PP.
Reinforced security
"The security + building + of the site is extremely reinforced and is subject to regular reassessments," says the same source.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Friday that he had asked the Paris police prefect, Didier Lallement, why the threat was "undervalued" in the rue Nicolas Appert, address of the former premises of the satirical weekly.
"There was an attack, when there was an attack, it is obvious that we could have done better," he said on France 2, while acknowledging that the street in question had not done the subject of an explicit “no threat”.
The leaders of First Lines, the television production company which already occupied the building during the 2015 attacks, and whose two employees were seriously injured in the attack, were indignant at the lack of security of the premises.
“Since the start of the
Charlie Hebdo
trial
, there has been absolutely no securing of this symbolic street and building,” notably denounced Luc Hermann, co-leader of First Lines.
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