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EURO 2016 DRONE TERROR

Security services fear terrorists will try to attack fans with explosive-laden aircraft

Authorities warn international tournament could be hit from land, sea and air

Security experts have warned that ISIS could drop flying drones filled with lethal chemicals or explosives onto football fans at Euro 2016.

The small unnamed aircrafts could unleash terror on stadiums at the tournament in France according to German super-cops the Federal Criminal Office (BKA).

 Drones, like the one pictured, could be used by death cult ISIS to carry out a terror attack at Euro 2016
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Drones, like the one pictured, could be used by death cult ISIS to carry out a terror attack at Euro 2016Credit: Jim Bennett

The agency warns that the showpiece opening and closing games on June 10 and July 10 are at particular risk from the deadly aerial assault.

BKA said the international tournament was at particular risk from terror attacks.

A spokesperson said: “Symbolic and easy targets that receive a lot of attention from the media and automatically attract a large number of victims like the Euro 2016 matches are high-risk.”

Security services in France have carried out training exercises featuring mock drone attacks at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Etienne – where England will play Slovakia on June 20.

 An armed police officer stands by England team's bus as the players leave their hotel in Chantilly, north France, on June 9
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An armed police officer stands by England team's bus as the players leave their hotel in Chantilly, north France, on June 9Credit: Getty Images

Several soccer grounds have installed electromagnetic pulse defence equipment to blast the rogue fliers out of the sky.

French authorities have set up no-fly zones in response to the threat fearing the Islamic death cult could hit sports fans by land, sea, and air.

Ziad Khoury, head of security for the tournament, said: “When you prepare an event of this size, you must imagine all scenarios, even the most unlikely.”

England fans have been told to stay out of the water in the build up to their opening match against Russia in Marseille.

 Despite the heightened risks of attacks, England fans are set to travel to the tournament in their thousands
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Despite the heightened risks of attacks, England fans are set to travel to the tournament in their thousandsCredit: Getty Images
 French police are on high alert and have been carrying out mock training exercises near stadiums
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French police are on high alert and have been carrying out mock training exercises near stadiumsCredit: Vantage News
 An armed French security officer stands vigilantly as the country braces itself for attacks on the international soccer tournament
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An armed French security officer stands vigilantly as the country braces itself for attacks on the international soccer tournament

Police in the popular port town have installed a one-mile exclusion zone which will be patrolled by the French coastguard, the maritime gendarmerie and the country’s navy.

Authorities fear the city could be hit by a beach massacre similar to the one carried out in Tunisia in 2015 which involved brainwashed Islamic killers arriving by boat.

Officers in Marseille will regularly sweep the beach for explosives as part of a £1.5 million security operation.

Around 500,000 UK football fans are expected to travel to France for the tournament despite the heightened risk of a terror attack.


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