Emmanuel Macron has decided to "increase the mobilization of the military" in the framework of Operation Sentinel, the day after the attack that killed at least two people in Strasbourg, announced Prime Minister Philippe Philippe Wednesday.
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"To allow the security of places receiving public". "These are 500 soldiers who, from today, have come to complete the" Sentinel and "1,300, which, in the coming days, will be added to those already mobilized" to ensure "security" sites and "guarantee the safety of the French, "he said in a brief address to the Ministry of the Interior.
A few days before the end of year celebrations, "the goal is to allow the security of public places," continued the Prime Minister, who "think especially Christmas markets throughout France."
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On Tuesday night, a man killed two people, one brain-dead and 12 injured on the Christmas market in Strasbourg, after shouting "Allah Akbar". He was still actively wanted Wednesday late in the day.
The suspect still wanted. The Prime Minister assured that the "determination of the government" was "total" to "ensure that this individual is arrested, brought to justice in the best conditions and as soon as possible." The suspect is still wanted, and Wednesday night, the police issued a call for witnesses to try to find him.
The authorities unleashed on the whole of France Tuesday night the level "emergency attack", the highest level of the Vigipirate plan, allowing "the exceptional mobilization of means" the time of the search for an assailant. There are 7,000 soldiers permanently deployed under the Sentinel scheme; Another 3,000 can be mobilized at any time to reinforce the protection.