Police prefect Laurent Nunez has just announced the deployment of 4,000 members of the police on Sunday November 10. They must secure the France-Israel Football match, scheduled in four days. A meeting that is considered sensitive.
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This deployment of law enforcement corresponds to a “extremely reinforced device” et “very unusual“according to the police prefect. This France-Israel Nations Football League match is classified as “high risk“, adds this Sunday, November 10, Laurent Nunez.
For this match scheduled for Thursday, November 14, 4,000 police and gendarmes will be deployed around the stadium, on public transport and throughout Paris. These members of the police will also be present exceptionally in the sports arena, in addition to the 1,600 security agents.
The Raid will complete the system: the elite unit of the national police must ensure the security of the Israeli football team.
The police chief mentions “a high-risk match“, against the backdrop of “very tense geopolitical context“. The meeting must be held as clashes broke out in Amsterdam (Netherlands), a few days ago, between supporters of Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel-Aviv. Facts which sparked international condemnation .
“We will not tolerate any excesses or disturbances to public order.“, declared Laurent Nunez. The public must expect “extremely reinforced” controls at the entrance to the stadium. On the other hand, he refutes the idea of ”limited gauge” in the stadium, for this meeting.
The French Football Federation (FFF) specifies that the ticket office is still open, and currently estimates the number of tickets sold at “around 20,000“. Which represents a quarter of the places available at the Stade de France.
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