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A French soldier guarding the Louvre in central Paris opened fire on a man armed with a knife after he attempted to enter the museum, media reports say.
Michel Cadot, the head of the Paris police force, said a man carrying two backpacks shouted “Allahu akbar” as he “launched” himself at a French soldier in the Carrousel du Louvre area of the museum. A different soldier then shot at the unidentified attacker five times, leaving him seriously wounded. Two machetes were found at the scene.
“We are dealing with an attack from an...
A French soldier guarding the Louvre in central Paris opened fire on a man armed with a knife after he attempted to enter the museum, media reports say.
Michel Cadot, the head of the Paris police force, said a man carrying two backpacks shouted “Allahu akbar” as he “launched” himself at a French soldier in the Carrousel du Louvre area of the museum. A different soldier then shot at the unidentified attacker five times, leaving him seriously wounded. Two machetes were found at the scene.
“We are dealing with an attack from an...
- 2/3/2017
- by Kate Samuelson
- PEOPLE.com
The Vatican has condemned the 'barbarous killing' of a French priest celebrating mass Tuesday morning at a village church in Normandy. Pope Francis expressed his "pain and horror" at the terrorist attack, which left village priest Father Jacques Hamel dead and three others injured during a hostage siege at the church. The attack was carried out in the small Normandy town of Sainte-Etienne-du-Rouvay in northern France by two knife-wielding assailants who interrupted mass at around 9:43 a.m., French authorities said. The attackers took five people hostage and cried 'Allah Akbar,' French media reported. French news outlets reported that...
- 7/26/2016
- by Philip Boucher and Peter Mikelbank
- PEOPLE.com
The Islamic State has reportedly claimed responsibility on Saturday for Thursday's attack in Nice, France, that left at least 84 people dead and 120 injured. "The person who carried out the operation in Nice, France, to run down people was one of the soldiers of Islamic State," Isis' news agency Amaq said in a statement released Saturday on social media, Reuters reports. "He carried out the operation in response to calls to target nationals of states that are part of the coalition fighting Islamic State." French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian readily accepted Isis' claims, according to the New York Times. "I remind you that [Isis'] ideologue,...
- 7/16/2016
- by Andrea Park, @scandreapark
- PEOPLE.com
Royals from across Europe are expressing their support for France's President Francois Hollande and the French people following the devastating terror attack in Nice on Thursday. In a moving statement on Twitter, Hollande said, "'France is weeping, grieved, but it is strong and will always be stronger than the fanatics who want to strike today." Neighboring royals were quick to express both their sympathy for the victims and their families - and their solidarity with Hollande and France. The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Monaco and Norway were among the monarchs who took to social media and their official websites to send messages of support.
- 7/15/2016
- by Erin Hill and Peter Mikelbank
- PEOPLE.com
A French police couple were stabbed to death Monday evening at their home outside Paris, and authorities have branded the murders an act of terrorism. Prosecutor Francois Molins said attacker Larossi Abballa pledged allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during the three-hour standoff with authorities, reports the Associated Press. Molins said Abballa killed Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, a police commander in the Paris suburb of Les Mureaux, outside his home late Monday. Afterwards, he went inside and held Salvaing's female partner, a police administrator in another Paris suburb, and their 3-year-old son hostage. The woman was killed, but the boy was left unharmed.
- 6/14/2016
- by Peter Mikelbank and Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
A French police couple were stabbed to death Monday evening at their home outside Paris, and authorities have branded the murders an act of terrorism. Prosecutor Francois Molins said attacker Larossi Abballa pledged allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during the three-hour standoff with authorities, reports the Associated Press. Molins said Abballa killed Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, a police commander in the Paris suburb of Les Mureaux, outside his home late Monday. Afterwards, he went inside and held Salvaing's female partner, a police administrator in another Paris suburb, and a 3-year-old boy hostage. The woman was killed, but the boy was left unharmed.
- 6/14/2016
- by Peter Mikelbank and Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
Interior minister says 400 private security agents and hundreds of police officers will be on duty to face high terror threat
Bomb experts will carry out daily sweeps at the Cannes film festival, opening this week under maximum security as France faces its highest terror threat, interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Monday.
Related: Cannes terror attack simulation unnerves film festival attendees
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Bomb experts will carry out daily sweeps at the Cannes film festival, opening this week under maximum security as France faces its highest terror threat, interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Monday.
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- 5/10/2016
- by Agence France-Presse
- The Guardian - Film News
Interior minister says 400 private security agents and hundreds of police officers will be on duty to face high terror threat
Bomb experts will carry out daily sweeps at the Cannes film festival, opening this week under maximum security as France faces its highest terror threat, interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Monday.
Related: Cannes terror attack simulation unnerves film festival attendees
Continue reading...
Bomb experts will carry out daily sweeps at the Cannes film festival, opening this week under maximum security as France faces its highest terror threat, interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Monday.
Related: Cannes terror attack simulation unnerves film festival attendees
Continue reading...
- 5/10/2016
- by Agence France-Presse
- The Guardian - Film News
With just two days before the Cannes Film Festival kicks off, French authorities are taking no risks. France’s Minster of the Interior Bernard Cazeneuve toured the festival headquarters and met with local officials on Monday, stressing the extensive measures put in place to keep festivalgoers safe. “The resources mobilized are exceptional,” said Cazeneuve. “Several hundred police officers will be active each day, with over 12 motor squads, bomb squads and lifeguards. “There will also be 400 private security agents securing all points of access.” Also Read: Sony Pulls Out of Aaron Sorkin's 'Molly's Game,' Film to Be Shopped at Cannes While the.
- 5/9/2016
- by Ben Croll
- The Wrap
Security concerns are taking a front-seat row at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. France's Minister of Interior Bernard Cazeneuve traveled to Cannes on Monday to brief festival organizers, city officials and businesses on what extra security measures are being planned for this year's event, which gets underway Wednesday. Separately, Cannes Mayor David Lisnard warned Monday that the police are being ordered to carry out random searches of people on the street. The meeting at the Palais — headquarters of the famed film festival — comes as France continues to operate under a state of emergency following the Paris terrorist
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- 5/9/2016
- by Pamela McClintock, Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
French security forces to stage attack exercise in Palais du Cinéma and on the Croisette; screening hours lost from Directors’ Fortnight due to security protocols.
French security forces will stage a counter-terrorism simulation exercise in Cannes on Thursday morning as part of preparations for the Cannes Film Festival in May (11-22).
The operation will unfold in and around the Palais du Cinéma and on the Croisette as well as at several other sites across the Mediterranean resort, according to a statement on the town’s official website.
“Throughout the duration of the exercise, people in the vicinity of the different sites might hear explosions and also witness unusual and important troop movements,” said the statement.
It said the exercise was a joint operation between Cannes’ city hall and the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture, which would involve civilian and military police forces as well as local firefighters, medical staff and hospital workers.
Exercice de sécurité ce jeudi à Cannes : tout...
French security forces will stage a counter-terrorism simulation exercise in Cannes on Thursday morning as part of preparations for the Cannes Film Festival in May (11-22).
The operation will unfold in and around the Palais du Cinéma and on the Croisette as well as at several other sites across the Mediterranean resort, according to a statement on the town’s official website.
“Throughout the duration of the exercise, people in the vicinity of the different sites might hear explosions and also witness unusual and important troop movements,” said the statement.
It said the exercise was a joint operation between Cannes’ city hall and the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture, which would involve civilian and military police forces as well as local firefighters, medical staff and hospital workers.
Exercice de sécurité ce jeudi à Cannes : tout...
- 4/20/2016
- ScreenDaily
Competition titles include Nicolas Windng Refn’s The Neon Demon [pictured], Jeff Nichols’ Loving and Xavier Dolan It’s Only The End Of The World.
The Cannes Film Festival unveiled the Official Selection for its 69th edition today at a packed press conference in Paris.
European heavyweights Pedro Almodovar, the Dardenne brothers and Ken Loach are among 20 filmmakers set to compete for the Palme d’Or.
There were few surprises in Competition – aside from the inclusion of Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann, the first German film in Competition since Wim Wenders’s Palermo Shooting in 2008 – and the news that this year’s Palme d’Or winner will be the closing film.
The more exploratory Un Certain Regard section, however, welcomed a number of newcomers including Romanian director Bogdan Mirica’s Dogs, Us filmmaker Michael O’Shea’s The Transfiguration, and Personal Affairs (Omor Shakhsiya) by Maha Haj, a Palestinian citizen of Israel.
Cannes Film Festival general...
The Cannes Film Festival unveiled the Official Selection for its 69th edition today at a packed press conference in Paris.
European heavyweights Pedro Almodovar, the Dardenne brothers and Ken Loach are among 20 filmmakers set to compete for the Palme d’Or.
There were few surprises in Competition – aside from the inclusion of Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann, the first German film in Competition since Wim Wenders’s Palermo Shooting in 2008 – and the news that this year’s Palme d’Or winner will be the closing film.
The more exploratory Un Certain Regard section, however, welcomed a number of newcomers including Romanian director Bogdan Mirica’s Dogs, Us filmmaker Michael O’Shea’s The Transfiguration, and Personal Affairs (Omor Shakhsiya) by Maha Haj, a Palestinian citizen of Israel.
Cannes Film Festival general...
- 4/14/2016
- ScreenDaily
Police raids in Paris have spoiled a planned terrorist attack, according to reports. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a press conference that there was an ongoing operation in the northwest Parisian suburb of Argenteuil, NBC News reports. Cazeneuve reportedly said that one "major arrest" was made, adding that the suspect is a French national who was in an "advanced stage" of planning a terror attack, when police raided is home. Officers returned to the home on Thursday to continue their raid. "This arrest is the result of a meticulous investigation carried out over a number of weeks involving...
- 3/25/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
Police raids in Paris have spoiled a planned terrorist attack, according to reports. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a press conference that there was an ongoing operation in the northwest Parisian suburb of Argenteuil, NBC News reports. Cazeneuve reportedly said that one "major arrest" was made, adding that the suspect is a French national who was in an "advanced stage" of planning a terror attack, when police raided is home. Officers returned to the home on Thursday to continue their raid. "This arrest is the result of a meticulous investigation carried out over a number of weeks involving...
- 3/25/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
Exclusive: Miptv organiser says security is “top priority” for TV and digital content market, taking place April 4-7 in Cannes.
Miptv organiser Reed Midem is promising maximum security for the TV and digital content market, unfolding April 4-7 in Cannes, as Europe remains on high alert following terror attacks in Brussels this week
“Client security is our top priority at Reed Midem. We liaise throughout the year with the relevant authorities at a national and local level in order to ensure the best possible security measures are put in place,” Reed Midem director of communications Mike Williams told Screen.
Under new security measures, the delegate entrance has been pushed back from the main doors of Cannes Palais du Cinema to a point some 15 metres from the building.
Delegate badge scans and security checks will instead be carried out at a new entry point in front of the main steps to the Palais.
Baggage will no...
Miptv organiser Reed Midem is promising maximum security for the TV and digital content market, unfolding April 4-7 in Cannes, as Europe remains on high alert following terror attacks in Brussels this week
“Client security is our top priority at Reed Midem. We liaise throughout the year with the relevant authorities at a national and local level in order to ensure the best possible security measures are put in place,” Reed Midem director of communications Mike Williams told Screen.
Under new security measures, the delegate entrance has been pushed back from the main doors of Cannes Palais du Cinema to a point some 15 metres from the building.
Delegate badge scans and security checks will instead be carried out at a new entry point in front of the main steps to the Palais.
Baggage will no...
- 3/24/2016
- ScreenDaily
Salah Abdeslam, the suspect in the November attacks who was captured by Belgian authorities on Friday, plans to fight extradition efforts. According to Sven Mary, Abdeslam's lawyer, the French national has refused extradition back to France and will be back before a judge by the end of Saturday. "I can tell you that he is collaborating with Belgian justice and that we will refuse the extradition to France," Mary told news media. Abdeslam will likely contest to the legality of the arrest warrant under which he is being held. If he chooses to do so, his return to France could be delayed.
- 3/19/2016
- by Harriet Sokmensuer
- PEOPLE.com
Salah Abdeslam, the suspect in the November attacks who was captured by Belgian authorities on Friday, plans to fight extradition efforts. According to Sven Mary, Abdeslam's lawyer, the French national has refused extradition back to France and will be back before a judge by the end of Saturday. "I can tell you that he is collaborating with Belgian justice and that we will refuse the extradition to France," Mary told news media. Abdeslam will likely contest to the legality of the arrest warrant under which he is being held. If he chooses to do so, his return to France could be delayed.
- 3/19/2016
- by Harriet Sokmensuer
- PEOPLE.com
A knife-wielding man who tried to enter a police station while wearing a fake explosive belt was shot to death in Paris on Thursday afternoon. According to police, the attacker appears to have been between 30 and 40 years old and of North African origins. He did not have any papers or identification on him and was not known to officers at the station he attacked. The attack came while ceremonies were being held in another part of the city commemorating the one year anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo shootings, in which two gunmen killed 12 people at the offices of a satirical...
- 1/7/2016
- by Peter Mikelbank
- PEOPLE.com
A knife-wielding man who tried to enter a police station and may have been wearing a fake explosive device was shot to death Thursday. French newspaper Le Parisien is reporting that Interior Ministry officials are saying the man was wearing "a device which could be an explosive vest," but a police source told CNN that the vest turned out to be fake. The attack came while ceremonies were being held in another part of the city commemorating the one year anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo shootings, in which two gunmen killed 12 people at the offices of a Satirical magazine that...
- 1/7/2016
- by Peter Mikelbank
- PEOPLE.com
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