Paris police chief: "We must be resolutely optimistic. Yes, it’s a challenge, but we will take it on” The number of spectators was ultimately revised downwards, to 360,000 people.
Transport security will be multiplied by five, says Laurent Nunez. A computer and USB keys containing security plans for the Olympic Games were stolen from a Paris town hall agent on February 26, while he was traveling on a train at the Gare du Nord. A few days later, the general secretary of the management of the Avicenne hospital in Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis) also had her computer stolen.