The terrorist threat remains. Gerald Darmanin asked on Saturday to strengthen the police protection of places of worship and offices on the occasion of the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 15 August.
In a cable to police and gendarmerie leaders seen by AFP, the interior minister explains that “the continued high level of terrorist threat requires maintaining high vigilance towards places of religious character.
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Thus, in connection with the celebration of August 15, Gerald Darmanin asks them to give “instruction to the police to systematically be in front of places of worship during working hours.”
Assumption Day, which is a public holiday in France, Catholics celebrate the ascension of the Virgin Mary into heaven. Churches in France have been the targets of terrorist attacks several times in recent years. In July 2016, Amel’s father was killed in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvre.
Source: Le Parisien
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