(28 Aug 2024)
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Paris – 28 August 2024
1. French interior minister Gerald Darmanin and his German counterpart Nancy Faeser coming out of ministry for news briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (French) Gerald Darmanin, French interior minister:
“As a colleague, friend and a representative of the French government I want to express our condolences to the German people – I said it again to Nancy – after the horrendous Islamist attack that has hit Germany.”
3. Mid of Darmanin and Faeser
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Gerald Darmanin, French interior minister:
“There is no change of (France’s security) strategy (for the Paralympics Games and the opening ceremony) after what happened in Germany but of course we are extremely vigilant. There is still no characterized threat against the Paralympics Games but obviously we must remain extremely modest and extremely concentrated. Europe in general and France, in particular, are particularly under the Islamist terrorism threat.”
5. Darmanin and Faeser leaving
STORYLINE:
France’s interior minister said there were no changes to security arrangements for the Paralympics after a stabbing attack in Germany last week left three people dead.
Gerald Darmanin spoke after meeting his German counterpart Nancy Faeser in Paris on Wednesday.
"But of course we are extremely vigilant,’" he added.
"There is still no characterized threat against the Paralympics Games but obviously we must remain extremely modest and extremely concentrated. Europe in general and France, in particular, are particularly under the Islamist terrorism threat,” he told reporters.
Darmanin also expressed his condolences to Germany for the attack in Solingen.
The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for Saturday’s knife attack in Solingen, at a crowded festival marking this city’s 650th anniversary.
Eight others were wounded.
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