Friday, January 9, 2015

88,000 Officers Stationed in Aftermath of Charlie Hebdo Attack: Interior Minister

French Interior Minister said that In regards to 88,000 cops have been prepared to elevate security in France emulating the assault on Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris.


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ABUJA, January 8 (Ooduarere) — About 88,000 cops have been prepared to elevate security in France emulating the assault on Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Thursday.


“All this has allowed to strengthen the protection of many objects, including the media offices, religious and public institutions, schools, airports, railway stations, tourist attractions,” Cazeneuve said at a question and answer session Thursday.


As a for example, in France’s centre Ile-de-France area around 9,650 policemen have been sent.  The safety oriented measures came after an arrangement of destructive assaults in Paris that are being dealt with as terrorist acts.


On Wednesday, armed men with AK-47s blast into the magazine’s office. No less than 12 individuals — 10 writers and 2 cops — were shot and slaughtered in the scene.  On Thursday, a shooter opened fire close to a metro station in Montrouge, a southern suburb of Paris, killing a female cop and harming an officer.



88,000 Officers Stationed in Aftermath of Charlie Hebdo Attack: Interior Minister

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