PARIS, FRANCE – NOVEMBER 15: A general view of The Stade De France ahead of the International match between France and Australia at The Stade De France on November 15, 2014 in Paris, France. (Photo by Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images)

With the Euros beginning this Friday, officials are putting together last minute touches. An unfortunate but necessary part of a major worldwide tournament is security and it appears due to recent events, security will get even tighter for the event.

Paris and the country of France has been on high alert since the Paris attacks last November. When explosions occurred outside of the Stade de France during a friendly, thoughts immediately turned to what they were going to do to make sure it doesn’t happen when they host the Euros.

Now it appears some people will look at increasing security at other places after Ukraine police arrested a man plotting to attack France’s infrastructure during the Euros. Ukrainian intelligence was following the man since December and monitored him plotting this particular attack that would have resulted in 15 separate attacks on bridges, roads and railroads throughout France in order to disrupt infrastructure during the busy tournament. He had purchased five machine guns, two rocket grenade launchers and was apparently carrying 125 kg of explosives at the time of arrest.

In response, France is adding 1,200 soldiers on top of the 13,000 already there to help with security in general areas that aren’t necessarily near the Euro facilities. French officials also acknowledged that improvements to the implementation of the current security plan needed to be followed through because despite heavy security at the Stade de France, officials admitted that people were still able to smuggle flares into the stadium.

There is going to be a lot of uneasiness leading into the Euros when it comes to security. Nobody wants to see anything like what happened in Paris last November but we’ve all encountered long security lines at a large sporting event or at the airport and aren’t thrilled about that either. It’s a necessary evil and when implemented correctly, can go a long way to ensuring the Euros is as safe as possible from an attack.

[AP/@stancollymore]

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