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Over 80 Euro 2016 Security Guards Listed as Potential Terrorists

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Eighty-two of an estimated 3,500 private security guards hired for Euro-2016 appear in databases as potential terrorist threats, Le Point wrote citing... 06.06.2016, Sputnik International

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Over 80 Euro 2016 Security Guards Listed as Potential Terrorists

14:06 GMT 06.06.2016 (Updated: 14:41 GMT 06.06.2016)

© AFP 2023 / JEFF PACHOUDPolicemen take part in a mock suicide attack exercise as part of security measures for the upcoming Euro 2016 football championship, at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais stadium in Decines-Charpieu, near Lyon, central-eastern France, on May 30, 2016

Policemen take part in a mock suicide attack exercise as part of security measures for the upcoming Euro 2016 football championship, at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais stadium in Decines-Charpieu, near Lyon, central-eastern France, on May 30, 2016 - Sputnik International

Eighty-two of an estimated 3,500 private security guards hired for Euro-2016 appear in databases as potential terrorist threats, Le Point wrote citing counterintelligence sources on Monday.

A picture taken on February 3, 2016, shows giant letters reading UEFA EURO 2016 in Lille, northern France, where some of the Euro 2016 football matches will take place - Sputnik International

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According to the French Interior Ministry there will be around 85,000 members of security services, among them 42,000 police officers, 30,000 gendarmes and a number of military and civilian security agents providing security during the championship.

In a statement issued ahead of Euro 2016 UEFA prioritized measures to ensure the security of the players and spectators.

Euro 2016 will be held in France from June 10 through July 10.