Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, asks prefects to deploy police in front of all Catholic churches and Protestant temples this weekend. The “very high” level of the terrorist threat as well as the “persistence of international tensions” require the maintenance of extreme vigilance, he writes.
Two planned attacks have been foiled in France since the start of the year. Easter commemorates the resurrection of Christ for Christians, and is celebrated on Sunday by Catholics and Protestants, and on May 5 by the Orthodox.