The Government Delegation in the Community of Madrid has announced that it will reinforce the security device for the Champions League matches that are held today and tomorrow in the capital, after a jihadist platform has made a call to attack the Santiago Bernabéu and at the Civitas Metropolitano.
Experts in the fight against terrorism have analyzed the poster under the title "kill them all." They attribute it to the entity Sarh Al-Khilafa, which has no direct connection with the Islamic State. On the poster you can see an armed mujahideen with the name of four football stadiums: "Emirates Stadium, Parc de Pince, Metropolitano Arena [Sic] and the Santiago Bernabéu." In London, Paris and Madrid.
The professor of Political Science at the Pablo de Olavide University (Seville) Manuel R. Torres recalled on Twitter that this is not the first time that media activists from jihadist platforms point to football as a target. They already did it at the World Cup held in Russia in 2018, without any terrorist incident taking place. "Press attention only increases the activity of platforms whose sole objective is to generate noise," says this jihadism expert.
According to sources from the Ministry of the Interior, the State Security Forces and Bodies had designed an operational deployment in which more than 2,000 National Police agents and also Civil Guard agents would participate, to which members of the Madrid Municipal Police would be added. This device will be reinforced, although for security reasons, the Government Delegation does not specify the increase.
These are the Champions League matches, declared high risk, that will be played in the Madrid capital: Real Madrid-Manchester City tonight, and Atlético de Madrid-Borussia Dortmund tomorrow.
The deployment is coordinated and has the support provided for in the measures that, throughout the territory, establish the Anti-Terrorist Prevention, Protection and Response Plan for the current level 4 out of 5 of anti-terrorist alert, to which various orders have also been added. reinforcement to prevent this type of contingencies.
In terms of preventing the terrorist threat, the State Security Forces and Corps have activated "all their early warning and protection systems, as well as all their response mechanisms ready and willing," add the same sources from the department headed by Fernando. Grande-Marlaska.
Interior insists that the Government and the State Security Forces and Corps have adopted "all the pertinent initiatives to guarantee the safety of the participants and attendees of the two sporting events." And he adds that also "of all Spanish citizens, who can carry out their daily activities with the peace of mind of knowing that Spain is one of the safest countries in the world."
On the other hand, in France security measures are going to be "considerably" reinforced for the match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Barcelona this Wednesday following threats from the Islamic State (IS) to attack the French League. Champions, announced today the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin. In a statement to the press, Darmanin pointed out that there has been "a threat made public by the Islamic State", which is why he has asked the Police Prefecture to "reinforce security measures considerably", although he did not detail what the booster.
