French post notes Sentinelle, GIGN, Raid and BRI are trained for hostage and terror response

A Mastodon post from LDH (Ligue des droits de l'Homme) says Operation Sentinelle and the GIGN, Raid and BRI units are trained for hostage-taking or terrorism, not public order policing, and hold special weapons. Only one item was collected, so the wider reach is unclear.

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1. 23 Oct, 05:30 UTCFirst appeared on LDH

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• L'opération Sentinelle ou encore le GIGN, le Raid, la BRI sont des forces formées pour intervenir en cas de prise d’otagLDH