After the terrorist attacks on French soil, and with the approach of the All Saints Day celebrations, the country is on maximum alert.
The terrorist threat has rarely been so high.
Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, calls for increased vigilance by the police.
In France, the terrorist threat has rarely been so high.
After several terrorist attacks in less than three weeks - two wounded on rue Nicolas Appert in front of the former
Charlie Hebdo
premises
and the death of teacher Samuel Paty, beheaded by an 18-year-old young man for showing caricatures of the prophet - the calls to hatred against France abound.
They notably increased after calls for freedom of expression and the republication of caricatures of President Emmanuel Macron's Muhammad, in the midst of the January 2015 terrorist attacks.
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The director of the DGSI, internal intelligence, even mentioned a threat at an "extreme level" to the prefects meeting by videoconference on Monday morning, in the presence of the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin.
All Saints' Day celebrations under surveillance
Recently, an agency close to Al Qaida called for targeting France.
The threats target
Charlie Hebdo
, Emmanuel Macron, but also moderate imams who have publicly condemned the terrorist attacks.
Hate calls are on the rise online.
A lawyer, civil party in the trial of the 2015 attacks, was recently threatened with death.
The man responsible was sentenced to three years in prison on Monday.
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The Ministry of the Interior and the Director of the National Police therefore call on the police to exercise increased and priority vigilance.
The All Saints Day celebrations are approaching and the symbols of Christendom could be targets.