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Paris, France – 17 July 2024
1. France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin arriving
2. SOUNDBITE (French) Gerald Darmanin, France’s Interior Minister:
"We have 45,000 police and gendarmerie officers in Paris now, which can be seen by Parisians, and explains the recent drop in serious and petty crimes. I congratulate the commissioner on that. And they will welcome all the citizens that will come to see the Olympic Games, notably many foreign tourists. As we speak we also have 1,900 foreign reinforcements, and we just met Korean and Chilean policemen. They come from 42 different countries to help us make sure the Games are well-run."
3. Various of map of Paris with restriction zones
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Gerald Darmanin, France’s Interior Minister:
"We don’t have any particular threat on the opening ceremony or the Olympic Games identified, but we are vigilant. As you have seen this morning, in the Alsace region we have arrested a far-right individual who was ‘fomenting’ – and I say it with quotation marks – a violent attack against the Olympic Games. But I repeat, we don’t have a particular threat on the opening ceremony or any other Olympic event."
5. Various of blocked streets and police presence
6. Mid of barriers
7. Mid of traffic passing by Notre Dame behind a barrier
STORYLINE:
French anti-terror police have detained an alleged Neo-Nazi sympathizer suspected of wanting to target the Olympic torch relay, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Wednesday.
The Paris prosecutor’s office said the man was detained on Wednesday morning at his home in the Alsace region of eastern France.
It said he runs a group titled “French Aryan division” on social media channel Telegram, and was detained for questioning about death threats, hate speech and other postings he alleged shared there.
The prosecutor’s office said the alleged comments that triggered the probe by its unit dedicated to fighting online hate didn’t specifically target the Paris Olympics that kick off with a high-security opening ceremony on July 26.
The Olympic torch is nearing the end of its months-long trip around France and overseas French territories before the Games’ opening.
Darmanin, who is staying on in a caretaker role at the interior ministry until a new government is formed in the wake of legislative elections earlier this month, said despite this there is no "characterized threat" to the opening ceremony or "any other Olympic event."
The prosecutor’s office said that as well as alleged death threats and posts inciting hate, the suspect is also being investigated on suspicion of having shared personal information that put people at risk and of sharing bomb-making instructions.
The French capital’s security operation for its first Olympic Games in a century involves up to 45,000 police and gendarmes, plus a 10,000-strong military force that is patrolling streets and sites in the Paris region and carrying out other security missions.
AP video by Theo Collet
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