50,000 police officers mobilised to protect polling stations over fear of terror attack during French election

‘Thousands of police officers supported by military units will be deployed across France as the country prepares to go to the polls this week to elect its next president.
France has remained on high security alert since a terrorist attack in November 2015 killed 130 people and left hundreds injured. And last year 86 people celebrating Bastille Day were killed when a truck was deliberately driven into the crowd in Nice.
Interior Minister Matthias Fekl announced that 50,000 officers will be mobilised across the 67,000 polling stations, where voters will cast their vote this weekend.’
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