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A high police presence is being prepared for the France versus Israel Nations League football match at the Stade de France in Paris on Friday (AEDT). Paris police chief Laurent Nuñez described the event as high-risk and revealed that 4,000 gendarmes (paramilitary police officers) would be around the stadium, on public transport and in Paris. The match comes after an Ajax vs Maccabi Tel Aviv game which descended into violence on the streets of Amsterdam in midweek with Tel Aviv fans being tracked, chased and beaten.
"An elite unit of national police will also protect the Israel team," Nuñez said. "The geopolitical context is extremely delicate." He said the police would adopt an attitude of zero tolerance of disorder before and after the event.
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