NFL heightens security for Steelers-Saints game in Paris

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 20 Oct, 21:02 · Archive

The NFL will increase security for the Pittsburgh Steelers versus New Orleans Saints game in Paris on Sunday following civil unrest in the French capital.

The NFL will increase security measures for the Pittsburgh Steelers versus New Orleans Saints game at Stade de France in Paris on Sunday following civil unrest in the French capital last weekend.

The league's security team has been deployed on the ground, and officials are working closely with Parisian and national authorities on the plans. Peter O'Reilly, the NFL's executive vice-president of club business, international and league events, said: 'We're confident in our security plans. We're being very vigilant in everything we do with all of our planning.'

Rioters clashed with police, set cars on fire, stormed public buildings and set a historic city hall ablaze in what authorities described as France's worst civil unrest in years. Violence and looting swept through major cities, with about 2,400 people arrested over the weekend and thousands of businesses damaged or looted. The rioting overshadowed peaceful demonstrations against rising living costs and poor school conditions that attracted hundreds of thousands of people.

O'Reilly stated that there was never a point at which the game was in danger of not being played.

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• NFL says heightened security measures will be in place for the Steelers-Saints game in ParisThe NFL says security will be heightened for the game in Paris between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints on Sunday after protests engulfed the French capital last weekend.Clickorlando · 20 Oct, 20:44
• NFL says heightened security measures will be in place for the Steelers-Saints game in ParisThe NFL says security will be heightened for the game in Paris between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints on Sunday after protests engulfed the French capital last weekend.News4Jax · 20 Oct, 20:44

In this story: Pittsburgh Steelers · New Orleans Saints · Paris · Stade de France · Peter O'Reilly · NFL · France

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