France urged to shake up counterterrorism services - inquiry

[WorldNews]

France needs to set up a national counterterrorism agency to oversee the fight against dangerous militants, according to a parliamentary inquiry into security failings that allowed the bomb and shooting attacks in Paris last November. The recommendation for a body modeled on the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center reporting to the prime minister was one of 40 proposals made by a parliamentary committee after a five-month inquiry. Poor coordination between security services in France and at the European level let crucial information slip through about militants who killed 130 people in coordinated attacks in and near Paris on a stadium, cafes and the Bataclan concert hall, the inquiry found.

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