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    Paris 2024: France Foils Plot On Olympics Ahead Of Opening Ceremony

    By TheScrutinyNGJuly 24, 2024No Comments2 Mins Read
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    French security authorities have thwarted a plot against the Paris Olympics, the country’s interior minister said Wednesday, two days before the official start of the Summer Games.

    France has been on high alert over the past few weeks as preparations to host the 2024 Olympics hit the final stretch.

    The Games officially kick off with a lavish and high-security opening ceremony on the River Seine on Friday.

    The Games’ organisers face security challenges, including cyberattack concerns, amid high international tensions because of Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza.

    There are also elaborate disinformation campaigns orchestrated out of Russia, targeting the Olympics and France’s recent elections, according to French officials and cybersecurity experts in Europe and the United States.

    Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said in an interview on Wednesday with French broadcaster BFMTV, that a young man was arrested in Gironde, a region in the southwest of France, on suspicion of “planning a violent action against the Olympic Games.

    “Police arrested an 18-year-old man on accusations that he was planning to target the “organisation of the Games,” Darmanin said.

    He did not give details on the suspect’s potential targets or whether they were in Paris or in other French cities hosting Olympic events that run through Aug. 11.

    “We are still working on this case… but we think there is a link,” Darmanin said.

    “It’s been established that this person wanted to attack the Olympic Games.”

    Paris has deployed 35,000 police officers each day for the Olympics, with a peak of 45,000 for the opening ceremony in addition to 10,000 soldiers that are taking part in security operations in the Paris region.

    A 10,000-strong military force is patrolling streets and sites in the Paris region and carrying out other security missions.

    France also is getting help from more than 40 countries that have sent at least 1,900 police reinforcements.

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