No 'specific' terror threat to Paris Olympics: minister
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Paris: France s sports minister said Wednesday that there was no specific terror threat to the Paris Olympics and that organisers were planning to g...
Paris: France's sports minister said Wednesday that there was no "specific" terror threat to the Paris Olympics and that organisers were planning to go ahead with the opening ceremony on the river Seine.
An attack on a Moscow concert hall last month which left 140 people dead has revived fears for the Paris Games which begin on July 26.
"Today there is no specific terror-related threat targeting the Olympic and Paralympic Games," Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera told the France 2 channel.
She said the opening ceremony on the Seine remained the "main plan" but suggested that an alternative was being prepared behind the scenes.
Instead of parading through the athletics stadium at the start of the Games, sporting delegations are set to sail down the Seine on a flotilla of river boats in front of up to 500,000 spectators, including people watching from nearby buildings.