The French government raised its terrorist threat alert to the highest level on Sunday night following a suspected ISIS attack on a Moscow concert hall that killed at least 137 people.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said the government would raise tax rates. Vigipirate Terrorism Warning System Level 3 is the highest level at which countries are required to exercise “the utmost vigilance and protection in the event of an imminent threat or the aftermath of an attack.”
“Given the Islamic State’s claim of responsibility for the attack and the threat looming over our country, we have decided to raise the Pirate Piracy posture to the highest level, an emergency attack,” Attal said. I have written President Emmanuel Macron said this on social media after a meeting of the Defense and National Security Council convened at the Elysée Palace on Sunday.
in statement provided to Le Figaro, The Prime Minister’s Office at Hôtel Matignon added: “Claims for the Moscow attack come from the Islamic State of Khorasan. However, the organization threatens France and has been involved in recent failed attack plans in several European countries, including Germany and France.
“The Prime Minister has asked the Secretary-General of Defense and National Security, under his authority, to convene a meeting of all security agencies affected by the rising levels of piracy, first thing tomorrow (Monday). .”
The terrorist threat level was raised just over two months after it was lowered to level 2. The government had previously called for a global “day of jihad” after Hamas called for a global “day of jihad” in response to a then-anticipated military response after a teacher was stabbed to death by Chechen immigrant Mohamed Moguchikov in the city of Arras in October. , raised the threat level to the highest level. from Israel after the October 7 terrorist attack.
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Sunday, Russia Paid The terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, a Moscow suburb, was carried out by four people: Dareljon Mirzoev, Muhammad Sobir Fayzov, Saidakrami Murodari Ratchabarizoda, and Shamshidin Fariduni. To date, seven other people have been arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting these four terrorist attacks.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, in which gunmen mowed down civilians at a rock concert and set fire to the venue, killing at least 137 people and injuring more than 100. The extremist Islamist terrorist group claimed the attack was carried out on orders. A member of the Islamic State, or IS-K, Khorasan splinter organization.
The Kremlin has so far not verified the Islamist group’s claims, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Ukraine that terrorist suspects were arrested near the Ukrainian border in the Russian region of Bryansk. He suggested that he may have received assistance from
Ukraine denies any involvement, calling it “absurd” to suggest the men may have crossed into Ukraine from the area, which is heavily fortified with Russian soldiers. The United States also claimed that ISIS was responsible for the attack and that ISIS intelligence indicates there was no Ukrainian involvement.
The nature of the attack in Moscow has been compared to the ISIS attack on the Bataclan theater in Paris in 2015. In this incident, 90 people were killed by Islamist gunmen who attacked an Eagles of Death Metal rock concert.
France has stepped up security measures in recent months in preparation for the Summer Olympics, which will be held in Paris from July 26 to August 11.
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