Video – There is a “specific threat” in France, confirms Péchenard, the head of the police.
Frédéric Péchenard confirms the terror alert on French soil. The “peak threat is indisputable,” even insisted the executive director of the National Police on Wednesday on Europe 1.
The terrorist threat is real
“At this time, there exists a specific threat of French interests,” insisted the big boss of the police, based on “reliable information saying that there is a risk of attack.”
It is “neither more nor less but it is enough to largely increase a little bit our posture,” said Frédéric Péchenard, recalling that France is Vigipirate red for several years.
Vigipirate remains red
However, it is not to change the alert level of the hexagon. Vigipirate “Scarlet,” said Frédéric Péchenard means “an imminent attack” and then take “drastic measures extremely” as the closure of stations, subways, airports.
Believing that the threat level is not reached, the head of the police assured: “It takes us to keep right and in the state, the posture that we have, we seem to be good.”
Frédéric Péchenard: AQIM, al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, which claimed Tuesday the kidnapping of five French in Niger, “specifically targeted” France, “even if it is not they who will come a bomb” on the French soil.
The track of the female suicide bomber set aside
However, the trail of a female suicide bomber, raised in recent days, is “very credible today,” said the director general of the National Police. Some information came from Algeria had recently mentioned the possibility of a suicide bombing in transport in France with a woman suicide bomber.
According to Frédéric Péchenard, there are currently “two categories of targets in France”, “personalities” including “some moderate Muslim leaders” and crowded places, such as transportation or department stores. North Station – one time mentioned in the media – is no more threatened than other stations, he said.
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