Paris on high alert for Bastille Day

About 5,000 police officers will be deployed in Paris tomorrow to ensure security for the national Bastille Day celebrations.

Paris on high alert for Bastille Day
Wed, 13 Jul, 2005 - 18:40

About 5,000 police officers will be deployed in Paris tomorrow to ensure security for the national Bastille Day celebrations.

Police, urging revellers to leave their handbags at home as a precaution, have been ordered to show “extreme vigilance” during the annual military parade along the Champs-Elysees and other festivities for the national holiday.

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