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This Friday, April 26, 2024, at a press conference, Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories, unveiled the security formula deployed on May 8, on the occasion of the arrival of the Olympic flame. In total, 6,000 members of the security forces will be present.
The flame, aboard the Belem, France’s last three-masted barque, will arrive at a very precise moment so that “the one billion spectators can witness this rite at dusk. This ship will return to the old port, circumstances permitting. “. “, he detailed in BFM Marseille.
Gérald Darmanin also announced that 150,000 more people will attend this arrival and then the activities and concerts that will be organized in the evening.
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In total, the Minister of the Interior has revealed that 6,000 members of the security forces will be deployed for this day. This device will be of the same order as the one deployed in France’s second-largest city in September 2023 for the Pope’s stopover. Francis, a device later described as “out of the ordinary” by a senior Marseille police official.
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