Paris. The Paris police announced on Sunday the mobilization of 4,000 officers and 1,600 employees at the stadium for the soccer match between the France and Israel teams, in order to guarantee security in and around the stadium and on public transportation. a week after the violence against Israeli fans in Amsterdam.
France and Israel will meet on Thursday in the UEFA Nations League.
“There is a context, tensions that make that match a high-risk event for us,” Paris police chief Laurent Núñez told French news channel BFM TV. He added that the authorities “will not tolerate” any violence.
Núñez indicated that 2,500 police officers will be mobilized around the Stade de France, north of the French capital, in addition to another 1,500 in Paris and on public transport.
“There will be an anti-terrorist security perimeter around the stadium,” Núñez said. Security checks will be “reinforced,” he added, including systematic searches and bag searches.
Núñez mentioned that French organizers have been in contact with Israeli authorities and security forces to prepare for the match.
Israeli fans were attacked last week after the Europa League match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax in Amsterdam by hordes of youths apparently incited by calls on social media to attack Jewish people, according to Dutch authorities. Five people were treated in hospitals and dozens were arrested after the attacks, which were condemned as anti-Semitic by authorities in Amsterdam, Israel and across Europe.
On Sunday, Dutch police detained several people for participating in a demonstration in central Amsterdam that had been banned following violence directed at Israeli fans, local media reported.
French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau confirmed on Friday that the France-Israel match would go ahead as planned.
“I think for a symbolic reason we should not give in, we should not give up,” he said, noting that sports fans around the world came together for the Paris Olympics this year to celebrate the “universal values” of sport.
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