PSG-Barcelona: what we know about the threat of attack on the Champions League match
Despite the threats made by the Islamic State group, Paris Saint-Germain will welcome FC Barcelona to the Parc des Princes, Wednesday April 10 at 9 p.m.. The terrorist group posted publications online earlier this week suggesting attacks targeting the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
In a tense security context marked by the preparation of the Olympic Games, the Moscow attack and the strengthening of the Vigipirate plan at the end of March, security around the stadium was “considerably” reinforced, announced Gérald Darmanin on Tuesday. Here’s what we know about it.
The al-Azaim Foundation, the propaganda organ of the Islamic State in Khorasan (EIK), has put several publications online ahead of the Champions League matches. In one of the visuals, a fighter with an assault rifle poses in front of photos of the four stadiums hosting the quarter-finals of the European football competition. A sentence, written in English in blood-red letters, accompanies the montage: “Kill them all”.
The terrorist organization – which claimed responsibility for the attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall which left 144 dead on March 22 – made new threats in another message. In a reference to the November 13 attacks, the EIK called on its supporters to “recreate the glory of the 2015 Paris raid and subdue the Crusaders en masse.”
These threats do not only target the PSG-Barcelona quarter-final first leg, organized at the Parc des Princes, but also the other match of the evening between Atlético de Madrid and Borussia Dortmund in the Spanish capital. The first two quarter-finals between Real Madrid and Manchester City on the one hand (3-3), and Arsenal and Bayern Munich on the other (2-2), took place on Tuesday without incident.
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