BREAKING: French Police Told to Carry weapons, Shut Off Social Media After Alert of Terrorist Cell Activation
After three terrorists were killed in Paris and a fourth was discovered to have been run off to Syria, we were expecting a quieter weekend in France, but officials have alerted police to a potential terror threat and told to prepare:
Breaking: Terror cells activated last 24 hours targeting French police, told to carry weapons & erase social media presence #ParisShooting
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 10, 2015
Info on new warning comes from CNN terror analyst Samuel Laurent quoting French police source following Sat. afternoon security briefing
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 10, 2015
French law enforcement officers have been told to erase their presence on social media and to carry their weapons at all times because terror sleeper cells have been activated over the last 24 hours in the country, a French police source who attended a briefing Saturday told CNN Terror Analyst Samuel Laurent.
Let’s hope this is just overreaction and we don’t see any more horrible acts from the “religion of peace.”