Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin asks prefects on Sunday to strengthen security in front of Jewish places of worship and religious schools. “The security forces (police and gendarmerie) will naturally not be able to carry out these missions alone,” wrote the minister in a telegram dated Sunday.
As Pessah, the Jewish Passover (April 22 to 30), approaches, he asks them to pay “attention” in particular “to services and gatherings which traditionally attract large audiences” The decision was taken due to "the very high level of the terrorist threat" and "the persistence of tensions at the international level including the attack by Iran on Israel” during the night from Saturday to Sunday, he details in the telegram. The Minister of the Interior also requests that “systematic static guards be put in place, in front. of religious schools and from Monday, at student entry and exit times”.