Mosques in Two French Cities Under Police Protection After Threats

Armed police secure the area of around the former Charlie Hebdo headquarters, and scene of a previous terrorist attack in 2015, after two people were stabbed on Sept. 25, 2020 in Paris, France. Kiran Ridley/Getty Images

PARIS—French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Wednesday he had asked local authorities to put mosques in the cities of Bordeaux and Beziers in southwestern France under police protection following threats or acts of violence.

“Such actions are unacceptable on the soil of the Republic,” the minister said in a post on Twitter on Wednesday.