France asks for more security for representations in Brazil
Brazil's Foreign Ministry confirmed it received a request from the French government to step up security in the latter's representations in the country, which include the embassy, consulates, French schools, and Alliance Française branches. According to the Foreign Ministry's press office, a request was sent to public security secretariats in states with one or two French representations in them.
According to the Brazilian ministry, the French government did not provide further clarifications. France, however, has been facing attacks against civilians in crowded locations. On July 14, a truck was driven into a crowd of dozens of people during Bastille Day celebrations, in Nice. A couple of days later, an extremist Islam State group claimed to be responsible for the incident.
In November last year, Paris experienced a night of horror, as a series of attacks in seven spots across the city left 129 dead and some 300 wounded. One of the attacks took place at a club named Baraclan, another near the Stade de France, where the French were playing a friendly against the Germans.
Translated by Fabrício Ferreira
Fonte: France asks for more security for representations in Brazil
