PARIS: French police tested their security plans for the Olympic torch relay on Friday, with a multilayered ring of 100 officers set to be deployed to keep protesters at bay.
Authorities are nervous about the potential for disruption of the relay, which will begin once the flame arrives in southern Marseille on May 8 ahead of the start of the Games on July 26.
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