“We are in an extremely critical situation”.
Two days after the chopper attack at the foot of the former premises of Charlie Hebdo, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin recalled Sunday that "32 attacks" have been foiled for three years and that France remains "at war against terrorism Islamic ”.
A situation that the French and their leaders would have "perhaps […] collectively" put behind them declared Gérald Darmanin during a visit to a synagogue in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine) for the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur .
"I asked the Paris police chief to strengthen the security of a number of sites, including sites that may be symbolic," such as the former premises of the satirical newspaper, he said.
"The Jews are particularly the target of Islamist attacks," he added, speaking of "774 points" (schools, synagogues) which are protected "and more than 7,000 police and soldiers mobilized this Sunday for Yom Kippur.