{"id":2052,"date":"2026-04-02T20:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/2052\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T20:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:36:14","slug":"france-ramps-up-paris-security-after-foiled-attack-on-us-bank-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/2052\/","title":{"rendered":"France ramps up Paris security after foiled attack on US bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/france\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">France<\/a> has stepped up security measures across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/paris\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paris<\/a> region amid a heightened international threat environment, the \u200cParis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/police\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">police<\/a> \u2060authority said in a statement \u200cto Reuters on Thursday, citing \u2060rising tensions and an elevated &#8220;terrorist threat&#8221; level.<\/p>\n<p>Police have reinforced protection \u200caround religious and cultural sites, diplomatic premises and key \u200ceconomic interests linked to potentially targeted entities, it said, following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/france-foils-bomb-attack-outside-bank-of-america-in-paris\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a foiled attack on Bank of America offices in Paris<\/a> on March 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a-read-more\">Read more<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/france\/20260402-three-minors-among-four-charged-over-foiled-attack-bank-of-america-paris-branch\" target=\"_self\" class=\"a-read-more__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Three minors among four charged over foiled attack at Bank of America Paris branch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Citigroup has urged staff in Paris and Frankfurt to work from home, a company spokeswoman said Thursday, as US banks step up security following a thwarted attack against another US financial institution over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The safety of our employees is our number one priority, and we are taking the necessary measures to keep our employees safe,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Employees in Paris\/Frankfurt are working remotely, as a precautionary measure,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Police have also deployed surveillance outside the Paris offices of US bank Goldman Sachs in the city&#8217;s 8th arrondissement, near the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es, a police source said.<\/p>\n<p>Police presence and vigilance have been increased across the wider Paris metropolitan area as part of efforts \u2060to prevent further threats, the authority \u2060added.<\/p>\n<p>(FRANCE 24 with Reuters and AFP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"France has stepped up security measures across the Paris region amid a heightened international threat environment, the \u200cParis&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,309,30,122,64,236],"class_list":{"0":"post-2052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-paris","8":"tag-france","9":"tag-iran-war","10":"tag-paris","11":"tag-police","12":"tag-terrorism","13":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}