Crowds greet Olympic torch travelling through France under tight security
After landing in Marseille and being carried down the Cote d’Azur and Provence this weekend, the Olympic torch is going through the Aveyron and Herault departments Monday, surrounded by security that the Interior Minister says has already shut down two dozen “actions” that would have disrupted the flame's journey towards Paris.
Members of the Sentinelle army force were stationed on the Millau viaduct for the passage of the torch Monday morning, as thousands of people turned out to see it carried across the world’s tallest bridge.
As the torch made its way through town, police shut down a pro-Palestinian protest group, according to the Midi Libre newspaper.
The Olympic flame has its own security detail of 115 police officers, which Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Sunday had averted “23 actions aimed at disturbing the successful proceedings” of the torch relay since the start of last week.
The torch is due to go through the Pyrénées-Orientales region on Wednesday, after a detour through Corsica on Tuesday.
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