No major security issues reported at Olympics opening ceremony, says French minister

PARIS — France’s interior minister praises security forces after no major issues are reported during the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

“We did it,” French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says on the social platform X, praising an “event without incident.”

“After four years of intense work to prepare for the world’s biggest sport event, we have never been prouder of our security forces,” he tweets.

Authorities had deployed a massive security operation in Paris to keep the event safe. The capital’s streets were blocked off, with squadrons of police patrolling and imposing metal-fence security barriers erected like an iron curtain on both sides of the River Seine. Up to 45,000 police and gendarmes as well as 10,000 soldiers have been deployed for Olympic security.