No ‘tangible’ terrorist threat since start of Olympics

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No ‘tangible’ ********** threat since start of Olympics

French authorities have not detected any “tangible” ******* threats during the first week of the Olympic Games, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says.

In the same week, about 200 people have been arrested by security forces for various *******.

Darmanin released the first official statistics regarding the Paris Olympics’ security during a visit to a police station in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris home to two major venues: the Stade de France and the Olympic Aquatics Centre.

He said about 200 people had been arrested since July 26, including 180 taken into police custody.

They include some individuals who “could have” committed attacks, including on the day of the opening ceremony, Darmanin said.

Yet, he said, “there wasn’t and as of now we aren’t aware of any tangible threat from (*******) organisations … There is no organised ******* being planned that we are aware of.”

Darmanin said there was 24 per cent less theft associated with ********* as well as 10 per cent less car theft in Paris and in the neighbouring suburban areas.

“Overall petty ****** was largely reduced, probably due to the hugely increased police and gendarme presence in the public areas,” he said.

Darmanin is staying on in a caretaker role at the interior ministry until a new government is formed following legislative elections in July.

France has been deploying about 30,000 police officers each day to keep the Olympics safe, with a peak of 45,000 for the opening ceremony on the Seine River.

Security forces are also backed up by a 10,000-strong contingent of soldiers that has set up the largest military camp in Paris since World War II, from which soldiers should be able to reach any of the city’s Olympic venues within 30 minutes.

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