Attal wrote on the social network X that due to the fact that the terrorist group “Islamic State” * allegedly took responsibility for the attack, and also in view of the threats facing the country, it was decided to raise the level of terrorist threat to the highest: “ urgent threat of attack."

Earlier it was reported that French President Emmanuel Macron convened a meeting of the Defense Council at the Elysee Palace after the terrorist attack in Crocus.

* “Islamic State” (IS, ISIS) is an organization recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.