{"id":1129807,"date":"2021-12-17T22:59:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T03:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1129807"},"modified":"2021-12-17T22:59:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T03:59:05","slug":"french-regions-ordered-to-increase-church-security-over-christmas-terror-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-regions-ordered-to-increase-church-security-over-christmas-terror-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"French Regions Ordered to Increase Church Security over Christmas Terror Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrench-regions-ordered-to-increase-church-security-over-christmas-terror-fears%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1129807&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1229378505-e1639685694905-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">French Interior Minister G\u00e9rald Darmanin has called on regional prefects to increase security at local churches over fears of possible terrorist activity during the Christmas holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>Interior Minister Darmanin ordered the prefects on Wednesday to strengthen the security at churches during the Christmas holidays due to possible terrorist threats as well as increase security around shops that may face potential robbery risks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to the note that was passed on to the prefects, who act as representatives of the French state in regions to local governments and coordinate police and gendarmerie forces, Darmanin stated that he wanted to make police a \u201cdeterrent and visible\u201d and said that armed forces soldiers under Operation Sentinel could be deployed if needed, BFMTV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/police-justice\/noel-darmanin-demande-aux-prefets-de-renforcer-la-securite-devant-les-eglises-et-les-commerces_AD-202112150384.html#xtor=AL-68\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The increase in security comes just weeks after two men in the Paris region of Ile-de-France were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/police-justice\/ile-de-france-un-projet-d-attaque-au-couteau-pendant-les-fetes-de-noel-dejoue_AN-202112080410.html\">arrested<\/a> by the&nbsp;General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI), France\u2019s domestic intelligence unit, for allegedly plotting to carry out a terrorist attack during the Christmas period.<\/p>\n<p>The two men, both aged 23, had apparently plotted to carry out knife attacks and had discussed several targets including shopping areas, universities, and crowded streets. Islamic State terrorist literature and propaganda were also found in their homes following police searches.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8443113772455\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Aftermath of Shootout with Police Shows Strasbourg Attacker Slumped in Doorway <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UjwMcWAZDi\">https:\/\/t.co\/UjwMcWAZDi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1073547148111704064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some areas, such as the Christmas market in the city of Nice, have already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/cote-d-azur\/menace-terroriste-la-prefecture-des-alpes-maritimes-renforce-la-securite-du-marche-de-noel-a-nice_AN-202112040078.html\">increased<\/a> security due to terrorism fears.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, the Strasbourg Christmas market was targeted by radical Islamic terrorist&nbsp;Cherif Chekatt who shot and stabbed bystanders, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2018\/12\/14\/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-deadly-strasbourg-christmas-market-terror-attack\/\">killing three<\/a> and injuring another 13 before police were able to fatally shoot him.<\/p>\n<p>The terrorist attack was later claimed by the Islamic State through their news agency Amaq, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.francetvinfo.fr\/faits-divers\/terrorisme\/fusillade-a-strasbourg\/attentat-de-strasbourg-cherif-chekatt-etait-un-soldat-de-l-etat-islamique-selon-l-agence-de-propagande-du-groupe-islamique_3099961.html\">stated<\/a> that Chekatt \u201ccarried out this operation in response to the call to target the citizens [of the countries] of the international coalition\u201d who were fighting the terrorist group in Syria and Iraq at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Two years prior, Tunisian asylum seeker Anis Amri targetted another Christmas market in Berlin, running down bystanders in a truck he had stolen after stabbing to death the driver,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2017\/05\/19\/berlin-police-may-known-christmas-market-attacker-previously-thought\/\"> killing another 12<\/a>&nbsp;and injuring dozens of others.<\/p>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span data-darkreader-inline-color><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French Interior Minister G\u00e9rald Darmanin has called on regional prefects to increase security at local churches over fears of possible terrorist activity during the Christmas holiday season. 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