Due to the terrorist threat and the increased risk of robberies, Gérald Darmanin asked the prefects on Wednesday to strengthen security in front of places of worship and shops as the Christmas holidays approach.
The Minister of the Interior thus asks “to ensure the systematic presence” of the police in front of “Christian places of worship”, in a telegram.
A "dissuasive and visible" device
Symbolic sites or sites that can bring together a large number of people during the end-of-year celebrations, such as Christmas markets or shopping areas, should also benefit from enhanced protection. The device must be "dissuasive and visible" with, if necessary, the use of soldiers from the Sentinel force and municipal police, especially at mass time.
In early December, two 23-year-old men were indicted and remanded in custody for a planned terrorist knife attack on passers-by, "around Christmas time", in shopping malls, universities or in the city. rue, according to a judicial source.
The prefects are also invited to "prevent armed robberies" by securing "shops and the flow of goods, on the axes or within logistics platforms".
“Cash transport, jewelry stores, tobacco shops (…) are exposed to increased risks of violent delinquency” during this period of closure and must be more closely monitored, underlines this note.
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