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Paris CNN —A police officer was attacked and injured in central Paris on Thursday evening, as France ramps up security measures in the capital ahead of the 2024 Olympics. “A police officer was attacked in the eighth arrondissement of Paris while he was responding to a call from officers securing a store,” French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said in a post on X. The attack comes a week before the opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympics. This is the second violent incident against French security agents this week, after a soldier was stabbed on Monday in a Paris train station. France has been strengthening security in the city ahead of the Olympics, which are expected to draw around 15 million visitors, according to the European Union.
Persons: Paris CNN —, , Gérald Darmanin, Charlie Hebdo Organizations: Paris CNN, Interior Ministry, CNN, Champs, Operation Sentinel, European Union Locations: Paris, France
Paris CNN —A French soldier deployed in the country’s anti-terrorism force was stabbed at a train station in central Paris on Monday evening, French government officials said, a little more than a week before the Paris 2024 Olympics’ opening ceremony is due to take place. “A soldier with Operation Sentinelle was stabbed while on patrol at Gare de l’Est in Paris. Operation Sentinelle is an anti-terrorism military operation that was established in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo terror attack in January 2015. France has increased its security measures around Paris ahead of the Olympics, which includes bolstering the Operation Sentinelle forces. “Our thoughts are with the soldier injured this evening at Gare de l’Est, who was deployed as part of Operation Sentinelle,” French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on X.
Persons: Paris CNN —, , Sentinelle, Gérald Darmanin, Charlie Hebdo, Sebastien Lecornu, ” Lecornu Organizations: Paris CNN, Gare de, de, French Locations: Paris, Gare, Gare de l’Est, France, de l’Est
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