Paris police expect 2024 Olympics to be 'considerable challenge' for bomb disposal squad

The Paris police bomb disposal team expect the Olympics to present them with a “considerable challenge” next year.

They have been working with Paris 2024 organisers to define the right level of bomb clearing intervention during the Olympics and Paralympics in the French capital next summer, the director of the central police laboratory said on Monday. “The Olympic Games are an absolutely considerable challenge,” Christophe Pezron said of the July 26-Aug. 11 event.