Vigipirate at the ‘emergency attack’ level: Gabriel Attal announces the mobilization of 4,000 additional soldiers. The head of government spoke to the press this Monday after visiting the security headquarters at Saint-Lazare station and speaking with the mobilized forces.

“3,000 soldiers from the sentinel operation are deployed today in front of our places of life,” said Attal. The plan was raised to its maximum level on Sunday evening following the attack on Moscow claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS)