France vows to fix stadium security

Country to host Euro 2016 from next month

PARIS: Security failures exposed at France’s football cup final over the weekend will be sorted out before the start of Euro 2016 contest in three weeks’ time, said the government.

The month-long tournament opens across France on June 10 with a state of emergency still in force following extremist militant attacks last November that killed 130 people in Paris and targeted multiple sites across the capital, including the Stade de France.

Saturday’s match between Paris St Germain and Olympique Marseille at the Stade de France was deemed a high risk event and a first test for organisers of security measures required for the Euros.



Fans threw firecrackers and flares inside and outside the stadium and banned objects were brought into the grounds despite close searching, said security officials.

“We will have to correct what didn’t work,” said Philippe Galli, prefect for the Seine-Saint-Denis region that is in part responsible for security at the stadium.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 24^th, 2016.

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