the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has arranged for use of the Anti-terrorist forces of the army in the protests of the yellow West next Saturday. Elite soldiers of the Anti-terrorist unit Sentinelle to secure public buildings and other facilities.
government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux announced on Wednesday after a Cabinet meeting in Paris. The police could concentrate on securing the public order, reasonable Griveaux the measure. “Sentinelle” (sentry or guard) was called in after the Islamist attacks on the satirical newspaper “Charlie Hebdo” and a Jewish supermarket in January 2015 in Paris. The soldiers are supposed to protect, among other things, synagogues, airports, railway stations and tourist attractions such as museums or the Eiffel tower in Paris against possible attacks.
In nice, wants to ban the government on Saturday also demonstrations of the yellow West, as mayor Christian Estrosi said. On Sunday, the Chinese President Xi Jinping to guest in the city on the French Mediterranean coast. After the massive violence in the yellow West-protests last Saturday in Paris, the government had announced a demonstration bans. You could also relate to the Parisian Boulevard Champs-Elysées, where rioters destroyed many of the shops, and partly in the fire had been put. (sda/red)
Created: 20.03.2019, 16:08 PM
