The meeting, which is being held in the context of war in the Middle East, will be governed by measures “outside and inside” the stadium enclosure, announced the police prefect.
Published on 17/10/2024 15:57
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“It’s a high-risk match”estimates the police chief. The football match between France and Israel, scheduled at the Stade de France on November 14, will be supervised by “an extremely reinforced security system”, “outside and inside” from the enclosure, announced Thursday October 17 Laurent Nuñez on BFMTV and RMC, about this meeting of the 5th day of the League of Nations, in a context of war in the Middle East.
The police chief explains how to prepare “all hypotheses, including having to go inside to avoid incidents” and also mentions “important excavations”. “It’s not usual” to intervene inside the enclosure, conceded the police chief.
In July, during the Paris Olympic Games, a thousand police and gendarmes were mobilized for the men’s football match between Mali and Israel at the Parc des Princes, due to calls for “mobilization” against the presence of the Israeli delegation in France because of the war in Gaza. No notable incidents had been reported.
In September, Belgium’s home match against Israel for the first day of the League of Nations was relocated to Debrecen, Hungary, and was played behind closed doors, after the refusal of several Belgian cities to host the match. meeting, fearing excesses. On October 10, during the 3rd day of the League of Nations, the match between France and Israel was also relocated to Hungary.
