Polish soldiers will be sent to Paris to help bolster security during the Summer Olympic Games, Poland’s minister of national defense informed.
Announcing the decision on Thursday, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said that the Polish troops would be part of an international coalition established by France to safeguard preparations and provide security during the games, which are scheduled to start on July 26 and last until August 11.
Posting on the X platform, Kosiniak-Kamysz wrote: “A task force of our soldiers, including dog handlers, will be sent to Paris.”
Posting on the X platform, Kosiniak-Kamysz wrote: “A task force of our soldiers, including dog handlers, will be sent to Paris.”
“Its main goal will be to undertake activities related to detecting explosives and counteracting terrorist activities.”Siły Zbrojne RP dołączą do międzynarodowej koalicji powołanej przez Francję w celu wsparcia przygotowań i zabezpieczenia Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich w 2024 roku. Do Paryża zostanie skierowana grupa zadaniowa naszych żołnierzy, w tym przewodników z psami. Jej głównym celem…
— Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (@KosiniakKamysz) March 28, 2024
The announcement comes after the French government raised the country’s terrorist threat to its highest-ever level following Friday’s attack at a music venue in Russia where the death toll currently stands at over 140.
Paris has good reason to be particularly concerned about the security of the Olympics. The attack in Krasnogorsk bears eerie similarities to some aspects of the 2015 terrorist attack in Paris and Saint-Denis, which resulted in the deaths of 138 people, including 7 perpetrators.
An attack carried out during an event such as the Olympic Games is also bound to gain extra notoriety, as evidenced by the 1972 Munich massacre, where terrorists from the Palestinian Black September organization killed two and took nine members of the Israeli Olympic Team hostage and demanded the release of more than 200 Palestinians detained by Israel.
The failed attempt to free the hostages resulted in the death of the remaining nine, as well as five of the nine perpetrators and one German police officer, bringing the total death toll to 17. The three surviving terrorists walked free less than two months later after Black September demanded their release in exchange for the passengers and crew of the hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615.
Paris has good reason to be particularly concerned about the security of the Olympics. The attack in Krasnogorsk bears eerie similarities to some aspects of the 2015 terrorist attack in Paris and Saint-Denis, which resulted in the deaths of 138 people, including 7 perpetrators.
An attack carried out during an event such as the Olympic Games is also bound to gain extra notoriety, as evidenced by the 1972 Munich massacre, where terrorists from the Palestinian Black September organization killed two and took nine members of the Israeli Olympic Team hostage and demanded the release of more than 200 Palestinians detained by Israel.
The failed attempt to free the hostages resulted in the death of the remaining nine, as well as five of the nine perpetrators and one German police officer, bringing the total death toll to 17. The three surviving terrorists walked free less than two months later after Black September demanded their release in exchange for the passengers and crew of the hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615.
Source: PAP, TVP World
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