Hundreds of thousands of people will come out on January 11 in the streets of the French capital to take part in a “silent march” in memory of victims of terrorist attacks in Paris. It was initiated by Francois Hollande. The call of the president responded by representatives of various political parties, religious denominations and unions. Invitations to the event received dozens of countries, including Russia. Our delegation will be headed by Sergei Lavrov.
The list of guests as the King and Queen of Jordan, the head of the Palestinian Authority, Prime Minister of Belgium, Britain, Germany and Poland. Intend to join them leaders of the European Union, NATO, the Council of Europe. Plans to visit Paris and president of Petro Poroshenko, the TV channel “Russia 24″.
And the White House among the participants “silent march” will not. Instead, Barack Obama visited the Embassy of the Republic in Washington, wrote in the book of condolences and promised to provide any assistance.
The march will take place three routes – the Avenue Philippe Auguste, on the Boulevard Voltaire and Beaumarchais and the Place de la Republique to the Place de la Nation . Will ensure the safety of five and a half thousand policemen, gendarmes and soldiers.
“We will take exceptional measures to maintain public order. On the streets of Paris will leave hundreds of thousands of people. Their safety will provide 24 military formation. On the roofs will be placed snipers. Throughout the route will be demonstrating our men in civilian clothes, “- said the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of France Bernard penalty.
On the eve of mass actions in France was attended by more than 700 thousand people. Demonstrators remember the victims of terrorist attacks in Paris. Silence marches took place across the country. The largest march took place in Toulouse and Nantes, and gathered about 100 thousand participants. More than 20 thousand people took to the streets of Orleans and Nice.
Paid tribute to the victims and to the United States. On the area of Washington Square in the heart of New York brought together hundreds of caring. Participants of the rally were holding photos of victims of terrorist attacks in Paris, posters saying “I -” Charly “, as well as ordinary ballpoint pens, which became a symbol of freedom of speech.
Over the past few days at the hands of extremists, acting on the instructions of branches of the terrorist group “Al-Qaeda” and the group “Islamic State”, killed 17 French. The first blow Islamist militants struck January 7 edition of the popular
satirical weekly “Charly Ebdo.” Breaking into the editorial room, they killed ten journalists. Under the bullets of the militants were killed and two officers of the National Police, and 26-year-old employee of a municipal police service. The most recent attack was carried out on January 9 at the supermarket kosher products in Vincennes gates of the capital, where the victims of extremist steel four visitors.
terrorist attack forced the authorities to impose a state of high alert. In search of militants participated together the police, gendarmerie, army units. The whole of France followed the isolation of the drama, when the forces of law and order by order of the head of state had a storming two buildings – in the east of Paris and the city Dammarten en Goel, where militants barricaded. The police managed to free the hostages. Adventure Amedie Coulibaly, Sheriff and Said Kuashi, call their simultaneous raids in France “punitive expedition” were killed.
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