France probed migrant communities to fight ISIS-K threat to Olympics

FILE PHOTO: French gendarme walks past a poster with Olympic rings near the National Assembly as the security perimeter for the opening ceremony is deployed ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Games in Paris, France, July 18, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - French security services have been probing migrant communities from former Soviet republics in an effort to safeguard the Olympics from the ISIS-K militant group, the interior minister said, confirming a Reuters report published last week.

Gérald Darmanin, interviewed in a Le Parisien article published on Tuesday, said ISIS-K was "undoubtedly the most dangerous movement", though he said authorities hadn't identified any concrete threat to the Games.