Paris Bomb Disposal Squad Prepares for 2024 Olympics Amid Heightened Security

Despite security threats, no 'Plan B' for opening ceremony on River Seine

The Paris police bomb disposal team is preparing for the 2024 Olympics, which they expect to present a 'considerable challenge' due to the heightened security operations.
The team has been working with Paris 2024 organisers to define the right level of bomb clearing intervention during the Olympics and Paralympics.
Two separate stages of bomb-disposal practice are being planned: site inspections of all the Olympic Games sites, and dealing with an expected increase in the number of abandoned parcels and suspicious packages.
France has been on high alert since a Chechen-origin man with a knife killed a teacher in a school in northern France in October, and bomb alerts in tourist attractions have increased since the Hamas attack in Israel on Oct. 7.
Despite security threats, there is no 'Plan B' for the opening ceremony, which is planned to be held on the River Seine with several hundred thousand spectators expected along its banks.