France is on a high terror alert as it prepares to host Euro 2016 from Friday with the month long event predicted to attract two million visitors.
With matches spread across 10 venues in nine cities, the country is under a state of emergency and security forces have launched an enormous operation to prevent any repeat of the jihadist attacks in Paris last November.
Some 77,000 police and paramilitary police will be deployed, along with 13,000 private security guards to secure venues and public fan zones.
This week, Paris police chief Michel Cadot said an extra 3,000 officers were being added to the …read more
Source: TOLOnews
