Paris tightens security after attacks

January 11, 2015 00:22

Some 500 extra troops are being deployed around Paris after three days of terror in the French capital killed 17 people.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said all necessary measures were being taken to protect the country.

Police in France are hunting for any accomplices of three gunmen killed by police on Friday after two sieges.

About 700,000 people have taken part in marches across France to remember the victims, Cazeneuve said.Cazeneuve said France would remain on its highest state of alert "for the next few weeks".

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