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“The terrorist threat is very high, and we must arm ourselves against this threat”, insisted Gérald Darmanin on France 2. The Minister of the Interior was the guest, Monday March 25, of the 8 p.m. news of France 2 the day after the Vigipirate system was raised to its maximum level, “emergency attack”. He notably took stock of the number of terrorist attacks foiled in France, two since the start of the year. “The Islamic State is the author of the last eight foiled attacks in France. We thwart a lot of attacks, one every two months.”he clarified.
An increase in the threat in France and Europe. During his appearance on France 2, Gérald Darmanin declared that“we has never foiled so many attacks in France”mentioning 14 foiled projects since 2020. He also stressed that “1 040 people listed as radicalized had been expelled since his appointment to Beauvau in 2020. According to the minister, the terrorist threat “affects all of Europe and the whole of the West”. In France, Gérald Darmanin distinguishes a “endogenous threat (…) and an exogenous threat“.
Two attacks foiled this year. During a trip Monday afternoon to Saint-Lazare station in Paris, Gabriel Attal stated that “two planned attacks were foiled in our country” since the start of the year, on January 10 and March 5, one of which was in Strasbourg. The Prime Minister has underlined that 45 attacks had been foiled since 2017 and that “ 760 radicalized foreigners” had been returned to the border over the past seven years.
The police presence “reinforced in front of all sensitive places”. Gabriel Attal also added that “4,000 additional soldiers” were placed “on alert”, in addition to the 3,000 already deployed as part of Operation Sentinel. “Since this morning, and in the coming hours, we will deploy exceptional resources throughout the territory. The police presence will be reinforced in front of all sensitive places, particularly schools“, he said.
EI-K tried to target France, according to the president. A few hours earlier, Emmanuel Macron affirmed that the terrorist group Islamic State in Khorasan (EI-K), which claimed responsibility for the attack against the concert hall in Moscow, “tried several times to touch French soil”.