Paris to deploy 4,000 police for France-Israel match following Amsterdam violence

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10 November 2024 at 11:18 am·1-min read

File photo: A view of the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, March 28, 2016.

After visiting Israeli football fans were attacked last week in Amsterdam, French police are increasing security for Thursday’s France-Israel match at the Stade de France near Paris.

Paris police said Sunday that 4,000 officers and 1,600 stadium staff will be deployed for a France-Israel soccer match to ensure security in and around the stadium and on public transportation a week after violence against Israeli fans in Amsterdam.

France and Israel are playing in a UEFA Nations League match on Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron will attend, the Elysee presidential palace said.

Israel’s National Security Council, in a statement Sunday, warned citizens abroad to avoid sports and cultural events, specifically the match in Paris, and be careful of violent attacks “under the pretense of demonstrations.”

“There’s a context, tensions that make that match a high-risk event for us,” Paris police chief Laurent Nuñez said on French news broadcaster BFM TV, adding authorities “won’t tolerate” any violence.

Nuñez said that 2,500 police officers would be deployed around the Stade de France stadium, north of the French capital, in addition to 1,500 others in Paris and on public transportation.

(AP)

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