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Some 10,000 police officers will be mobilised nationwide in France, of which 5,000 personnel will be posted in the Ile-de-France region around Paris and some 2,200 in the capital, double the security staff than for earlier key World Cup matches, interior minister Gerald Darmanin said on France 2 television today.
“Our Moroccan friends, just like the French supporters, are welcome to organise a party and our job is not to stop them from partying … but this will have to be done under good security conditions,” Reuters reports Darmanin said.
