FRANCE-SHOOTING/SECURITY Parisians comforted by increased security measures after Paris attacks

Record ID: 324442

  • Title: FRANCE-SHOOTING/SECURITY Parisians comforted by increased security measures after Paris attacks
  • Date: 22nd January 2015
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (JANUARY 22, 2015) (REUTERS) WOMAN PICKING OUT NEWSPAPERS AT NEWS-STAND FRONT PAGES OF FRENCH NEWSPAPERS
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  • Location: France
  • Country: France
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVABRSL8LW7P298I8QXMN4RZ6O6J
  • Story Text: Parisians expressed general approval Thursday (January 22) of the French government's decision to ramp up security measures to counter terror threats.
    "Before I was afraid, but now, after everything they've done, frankly I feel good," said one passer-by, Djamila Hamami.
    Paris resident Pedro Novo applauded the government's firm but moderate decision to add 2,680 new jobs dedicated to security and defence.
    "The measures that they've taken produce a general sentiment of security without being extremely imposing and extremely disruptive in our daily lives. We feel a lot more attention, we feel better because it's visible without being too absorbing. These measures are wholesome, they're moderate and they're the right proportion and they don't impede life from going on," Novo said.
    Jacques Daniel Mboag said convicted terrorists should be stripped of their French citizenship, referring to a policy that remains on the table.
    "Taking away the nationality of those who commit these odious acts, I think that's a good thing. They don't deserve to be French," Mboag said.
    Earlier on Thursday morning, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian confirmed on a French radio station that former military members were among the 3,000 people on a government watchlist.
    "I can't confirm numbers, but I can say that today there is, as the interior minister and the prime minister reminded us yesterday, 3,000 people to watch, who are at risk of committing terrorist acts or who are already players. Amongst these people, there are some former military members, but we know this and we are keeping an eye on them," Le Drian said.
    Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced on Wednesday that France would spend 425 million and create hundreds of new security jobs to prevent attacks on its soil and hire new staff for anti-jihadist work, two weeks after two Islamist attacks killed 17 people.
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