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Paris, France – 26 July 2024
1. Various of security along River Seine ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony
2. Various of police officers checking QR code and bags of pedestrians
3. Wide of bus arriving
4. Mid of security cars
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Matt Koehler (left) and Keith Bonus (right), tourists from New York:
Matt: "It’s very hard to get around, but we have our passes as you. So we’re able to get past all the fences pretty easily. You have to scan your QR code."
Keith: "But overall it seems like they’re really hunkering down in terms of security, which I’m really glad to see, mostly because it is nervous, especially in this current time. There’s a lot of opportunity for a potential attack. So glad to see that they’re setting it up."
6. Wide of barricades along Seine River
7. Focus shift from barricade to Paris 2024 logo
8. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Mariko Aoki (left) and Kozo Aoki (right), tourists from Japan:
Kozo: "High security is in place."
Mariko: "There are so many police officers. Comparing to this, the Tokyo Olympics Games did not have such heavy security arrangement."
9. Close of military officers
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Julia Bernabe (left) and Bernardo Dellacqua (right), tourists from Brazil:
Julia: "Many places are closed and we can’t reach there. So it’s very bad."
Bernardo: "But overall I think the security’s like pretty good, doing pretty good."
Julia: "Yes, have a lot of police officers everywhere."
11. Various of security officers checking people
STORYLINE:
Heightened security measures are under way in central Paris as the city prepared for the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games later on Friday.
Many travellers were planning to converge on the capital for the event, and many vacationers were also in transit.
Barricades and police officers are placed along the River Seine.
France’s high-speed rail network was hit Friday with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism including arson attacks, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe only hours before the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics.
French officials condemned the attacks as “criminal actions,” though they said there was no sign of a direct link to the Games, and prosecutors in Paris opened a national investigation saying the crimes could carry sentences of 15 to 20 years.
AP video by Kwiyeon Ha
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