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‘Tangible’ Terror Threat at Euro 2016, Warn Organisers


There is a “palpable” threat of acts of terror being carried out at the tournament after the recent Paris attacks, according to the president of the Euro 2016 organising committee, Jacques Lambert.
The attacks, which saw radical Islamists target the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a kosher grocery, have heightened fears that the football tournament will be targeted because of the opportunity for terror groups to present their cause to a large audience.
“The terrorist risk was present from the beginning,” Lambert told AFP news agency.
“When I wrote the host bid in 2009, the terrorist threat was part of the …read more

Source: Newsweek

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