Paris Beefs Up Security Ahead of France Versus Israel Football Match

Double the usual number of officers are being deployed by police in the French capital in an effort to avoid scenes similar to those in Amsterdam last week.
Paris Beefs Up Security Ahead of France Versus Israel Football Match
An aerial view of the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris, on Oct. 15, 2008. Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images
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France has beefed up security plans for the upcoming football match between the national side and Israel in the wake of the violence suffered by Tel Aviv fans in Amsterdam last week.

Police in the country, which is home to both the largest Jewish and Muslim populations in Europe, are set to deploy 2,500 officers to the Stade de France on the northern edge of Paris, with a further 1,500 dispersed across the capital.

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