Paris to deploy 4,000 police officers for Israel-France soccer match following violence in Amsterdam




Paris police said Sunday that 4,000 officers and 1,600 stadium staff will be deployed for a France-Israel soccer match to ensure security in and around the stadium and on public transportation a week after violence against Israeli fans in Amsterdam.

France and Israel are playing in a UEFA Nations League match on Thursday.

"There's a context, tensions that make that match a high-risk event for us," Paris police chief Laurent Nunez said on French news broadcaster BFM TV, adding authorities "won't tolerate" any violence.

Nunez said that 2,500 police officers would be deployed around the Stade de France stadium, north of the French capital, in addition to 1,500 others in Paris and on public transportation.

"There will be an anti-terrorist security perimeter around the stadium," Nunez said. Security checks will be "reinforced," he added, including with systematic pat-downs and bag searches.

Nunez said that French organizers have been in contact with Israeli authorities and security forces in order to prepare for the match.

Israeli fans were assaulted last week after a soccer game in Amsterdam by hordes of young people apparently riled up by calls on social media to target Jewish people, according to Dutch authorities. Five people were treated at hospitals and dozens were arrested after the attacks, which were condemned as antisemitic by authorities in Amsterdam, Israel and across Europe.

WATCH | Dutch PM condemns violent attacks on Israeli soccer fans:

Dutch PM condemns violent attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof has condemned violent attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, Thursday night. Video shows some Israelis ripping down a Palestinian flag and chanting anti-Arab slogans the day before, suggesting tensions had been simmering.

On Sunday, Dutch police detained several people for taking part in a demonstration in central Amsterdam that had been outlawed following the violence targeting Israeli fans, a local broadcaster reported.

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau confirmed Friday that the France-Israel match would go ahead as planned.

"I think that for a symbolic reason we must not yield, we must not give up," he said, noting that sports fans from around the world came together for the Paris Olympics this year to celebrate the "universal values" of sports.



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