Euro 2016: 72,000 police, gendarmes

(ANSA) - Paris, March 25 - Some 72,000 police - 42,000 police officers and 30,000 gendarmes - will protect Euro 2016, French Interior Minister Berbard Cazeneuve told a press conference Wednesday, two weeks before the start of the tournament. Teams will also be protected by 3-6 agents from the special anti-terror forces GIGN and RAID, depending on their risk factor, he said. Cazeneuve also said France would be ready to deal with an attack by chemical weapons. "Our goal is to be ready in 16 days for all possibilities, from a chemical attack to hostage taking, and panic-driven crowd movements," he said.