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French President admits threat of terrorist attacks at Euro 2016
French President Francois Hollande acknowledged the existence of a terrorist threat during the 2016 European Football Championship. It is reported by AFP.
“This threat will last for a long time, but we must not give in to fear. We must do everything to make Euro 2016 a success,” the president said on the air of France Inter radio station.
Hollande called for a postponement of protests scheduled for June due to labor law reform and a strike that could lead to a transport collapse in the midst of the championship. In particular, we are talking about the strike of the Air France pilots scheduled for June 11-14.
Last week, the United States warned of the threat of attacks. Possible targets of terrorists were named not only stadiums, but also fan zones where fans gather (English)
- The European Football Championship will be held from June 10 to July 10, 2016 in France.
- At the end of May, The Sun reported that supporters of the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation were preparing a terrorist attack during the match between Russia and England at Euro 2016. Information about the impending attack, according to the sources of the publication in the special services, was contained in the laptop of Salah Abdesalam, who was involved in the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015.
- Salah Abdesalam is considered one of the organizers of the terrorist attacks in Paris, which killed more than 130 people. Explosions occurred, including at the stadium "Stade de France", which hosted the match between the national teams of France and Germany. In March 2016, shortly after Abdesalam's arrest, there were terrorist attacks in Brussels that killed 31 people. According to investigators, the attacks in Paris and Brussels were carried out by members of the same terrorist cell.