A total of 4,000 police and gendarmes will be mobilized Thursday, November 14 for the match at “ high risk » France-Israel at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, Paris police prefect Laurent Nuñez announced on Sunday. Such a deployment of law enforcement corresponds to a “ extremely reinforced device », for an international match, added the police chief.
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The 4,000 police and gendarmes mobilized for the France-France Nations League matchIsrael at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis will be deployed around and, rarely, in the stadium. As well as on public transport and in Paris. Around 1,600 security agents will also be mobilized at the Stade de France and the Raid, the elite unit of the national police, will be engaged for the security of the Israel team, said Laurent Nuñez, the police prefect. from Paris, on BFM TV.
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“ This will be a high risk match “, he said again, in “ a very tense geopolitical context » and a week after violence in Amsterdam between groups of individuals and supporters of Maccabi Tel Aviv which sparked international condemnation. “ We will not tolerate any excesses or disturbances to public order. », Declared the prefect of police, adding that the controls to enter the stadium would be “ extremely reinforced “, but that the police had not ” requested that there be a limited tonnage » in the stadium for this League of Nations meeting.
On Sunday, the French Federation (FFF) for its part estimated the number of tickets sold for the meeting at “ around 20,000 », very far from the approximately 80,000 seats available at the Stade de France, while specifying that the ticket office was still open.