Reinforced security in the Champions League quarterfinals – Publinews – 2024-04-10 00:20:06

Faced with the threat of a terrorist attack by ISIS, the Spanish and English security forces reinforce their presence in the vicinity of the Santiago Bernabéu and the Emirates.

Due to the threats received against UEFA, the authorities in Madrid take extreme security measures.

The game in this key will be one of the most important and most anticipated of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals.

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Last Monday, through social networks, the Islamic State made a publication in which it threatened the organization of the UEFA Champions League matches, threatening to carry out an attack on the venues in the Quarterfinals.

Given the imminent threat, the Madrid government has reinforced security for Manchester City’s visit to the Santiago Bernabéu and for Borussia Dortmund’s visit to the Metropolitano, where they will face Atlético de Madrid.

Fran Martín Aguirre, delegate of the Madrid government, assured that it is deploying an extraordinary security operation, which includes more than 2,000 agents from the Civil Guard, National and Municipal Police, in addition to a special fence around the Real Madrid stadium. and a special operation in the Spanish capital to safeguard English and German visitors.

“We are going to deploy an extraordinary security device according to the alert level determined by the intelligence services and the State security services. This implies an additional reinforcement of the device that had already been announced and that will lead to an increase in the number of Police and Civil Guard agents,” commented Martín Aguirre.

The Real Madrid team plays this Tuesday, while Atlético de Madrid hosts Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday across the city from Madrid, Spain.