Maximum alert level.
The government has upgraded the Vigipirate plan to the status of an “emergency attack”.
The decision was taken on Sunday March 24 in the evening by the President of the Republic following a Defense Council held at the Élysée.
During the meeting, Emmanuel Macron called on his ministers as well as the intelligence services for “total, precise and constant mobilization”.
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal was responsible for making the announcement immediately on social networks.
This decision was taken in connection with the bloody attack committed on Friday March 22 in a concert hall near Moscow, which left at least 137 dead.
A terrorist act claimed by the EI-K branch of the Islamic State organization.
Paris today has no doubt that the attack perpetrated in Russia was indeed committed by the Islamist group.
This responsibility is today considered “established”, confirms a highly placed source.
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