French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced on Sunday evening that the country’s security plan would be raised to the highest level after the bloody attack in Moscow, for which the jihadist group “Islamic State” (ISIS) denied responsibility, reports AFP.

“Given the announcement of an attack by the Islamic State and the threats looming over our country, we have decided to raise the Vigipirate device to the highest level: an emergency attack,” Gabriel Attal said at the end of the meeting with the defense. Council in the Elysee Palace.

In January, the Vigipirate plan was downgraded to level 2 (“high security – risk of attack”).

Vigipirate’s “extraordinary attack” alert level, the highest level of this security device, only allows the mobilization of anti-terrorist assets.