adminPARIS. — French emergency services carried out terrorist attack simulation exercises on Monday at selected fan zones and venues two months ahead of the 2016 European Championships.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and Health Minister Marisol Touraine both assisted at the exercise at a fan zone in the western city of Bordeaux which mobilised 600 fire fighters, police, army, and emergency services.
It followed an earlier exercise simulating a chemical attack at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Etienne which will host four matches.
“We want Euro 2016 to take place in the best conditions and that’s why we’re multiplying exercises to test the systems put in place to quickly intervene in a context where the threat is extremely high,” said Cazeneuve.
The scenario chosen in Bordeaux was one where three armed terrorists were firing into the crowd waiting to enter the fan zone. — AFP.
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