# France deploys 70,000 officers as suspected terror attack near Paris adds to unrest fears

https://mins.news/en/item/113338

- Fox News, 2026-10-23 20:32 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/france-edge-70000-police-deployed-unrest-authorities-probe-suspected-terror-attack-near-paris

> France plans to deploy 70,000 law enforcement officers and equipment ahead of possible violence at Saturday’s protests. A suspected terrorist attack in Trappes, west of Paris, left one person dead and four wounded; police arrested a 39-year-old man. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said the motive may be racist and called it a terrorist crime as the investigation continues.

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