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What if the Munich massacre of 1972 repeated itself? This is in particular what the GIGN is preparing for before the start of the Paris Olympic Games on July 26. Founded 50 years ago, two years after the tragedy of the Munich Games, during which 11 Israelis were killed in an attack perpetrated by a group of Palestinian militants, the GIGN is one of the elite tactical units of France, responsible for the release of hostages, counterterrorism operations and other high-stakes raids.
On April 29, around fifty men dressed in khaki aboard a black armored truck approached an abandoned office building on the outskirts of Paris. After blowing out the second-story window, the soldiers entered the graffiti-covered building in search of hostages - in reality junior members of the gendarmerie - being held inside. The goal of the exercise? Training in “large environments with a large number of people involved,” explains a GIGN team leader.
With less than 100 days until the Olympics, Ghislain Rety, commander of the GIGN, said his team was ready: “It would be dishonest to say that there is no risk, but it is minimized as much as possible.” With 300,000 people watching from the banks and millions more on television, the opening ceremony due to take place on barges along a 6 kilometer stretch of the Seine represents an unprecedented security challenge.
General Rety indicated that the GIGN would place two men - in civilian clothes, so as not to disturb the spectators - on each of the barges transporting the athletes, and that 350 GIGN agents would be assigned to the opening ceremony. Snipers will be installed on the roofs of tall buildings along the Seine, and forces will also be deployed on the city's streets. In total, around 50,000 French police and soldiers will ensure the security of Paris during the Games, with the help of a few thousand foreign security agents. “A great challenge,” according to the GIGN commander.
