PARIS : Around 50 khaki-clad men riding atop a black armoured truck approached an abandoned office building on the outskirts of Paris one spring morning and blew open a second-storey window with an explosive device.
A gendarme of the French National Gendarmerie Intervention Group takes part in a drill, as part of the preparation for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games, near Paris, France, April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Gendarmes of the French National Gendarmerie Intervention Group use explosives to storm a building, as they take part in a drill, as part of their preparation for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games, near Paris, France, April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann The training exercise, held in preparation for the July 26-Aug. 11 Olympic Games, was one of the final dress rehearsals for an event nobody wants to happen.
Rety acknowledged a certain symmetry between the GIGN's origin story and its Olympic mission but hoped the force can celebrate its anniversary without being called into action. Wars in Ukraine and Gaza have complicated security planning, and French President Emmanuel Macron has floated potentially scrapping the river ceremony and reverting to back-up plans.
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