“They are there for us. We are grateful. They would undoubtedly prefer to be in their Charentaises ”, smiles Catherine, a faithful, on the sidelines of the Christmas mass, celebrated Saturday morning, in the church of Saint-Genis-Laval, in the south-west of Lyon. Six gendarmes, including three from the Givors intervention squad, secured the exit of the Catholics, against a backdrop of a terrorist threat, still considered very high.
The “physical presence [des militaires] was done before the start of the ceremony and we are here again for the exit, ”specifies Lieutenant Capon, who commands the local gendarmerie brigade. During the celebration, two soldiers patrolled “near the church to detect potential vehicles or suspicious individuals”.
The brigade deployed a similar device, for four nocturnal masses, on December 24, with the support of the police …
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