Five years after Paris attacks, terror risks remain high in France, officials say

France on Friday paid tribute to the victims of the November 2015 Paris attacks, as officials reiterated that risks of terrorist acts remain high in the country.

Accompanied by Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, Prime Minister Jean Castex began the ceremony of commemoration in front of Stade de France where suicide bombs struck during an international football match on the same day five years ago.

The officials then went to the cafes, restaurants and Bataclan performance hall to honor the victims killed in the explosions, mass-shootings and hostage-taking that followed that day.

Five years after the deadliest assaults that France has experienced since the Second World War, “the terrorist risk is very high,” said Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.

“We face a double-edged threat: from outside — people sent from abroad, and a grave internal threat — people who are amongst us, our enemies within. Those threats are increasing,” Darmanin told France info radio early on Friday.