Champions League: Security will be ‘significantly increased’ in Paris on Wednesday following IS ‘threat’

The Champions League match is taking place in a tense mode. Security will be “significantly enhanced” at Wednesday’s PSG-Barcelona meeting in Paris following a “threat” from the Islamic State group in the quarter-finals, Gérald Darmanin said on Tuesday, clarifying that he had no specific element in mind. target location. He added that the DGSI, the general directorate of internal security, “has worked particularly hard to provide preventative and, when necessary, curative intelligence.”

The Minister of the Interior reminded that this threat could affect all sports, and that we should not “be deceived by enemy communications into concentrating our forces somewhere and leaving the rest.”

” Kill them all “

This Monday, supporters of the Islamic State group’s Al-Azaim branch actually published an image of an armed man on the names of the four stadiums that will host the quarter-final first legs of European competitions on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Parc des Princes in Paris, the Emirates Stadium in London, the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium and the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid – with the slogan “Kill them all”.

“The police chief I spoke to early this morning (Tuesday) has significantly increased security resources,” the interior minister said during a trip to Paris, referring to the “clear threat publicly mentioned by the Islamic State.”

“IS threatened the Champions League quarter-finals, not specifically in France, through one of its communications agencies,” a source close to the matter told AFP.

As for the Parisian fans, they are looking forward to the match with Barcelona with great anticipation. If around 2,000 Barcelona fans are expected, the National Anti-Hooliganism Directorate (DNLH) has classified this Champions League quarter-final at level 2 out of 5. This poster is therefore “low risk” on the scale. incidents.

“Who doesn’t care?” – asked Luis Enrique, coach of the Parisians at a press conference on Tuesday. Every. I hope these are just threats and nothing bad will happen.”