France Mobilizes 10,000 Security Forces To Protect Sensitive Sites Following Terrorist Attacks AP | By LORI HINNANT and SYLVIE CORBET


Police security forces watch over the Unity rally Marche Republicaine on January 11, 2015 in Paris in tribute to the 17 victims of the three-day killing spree.  (Photo by ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images)
PARIS (AP) — France on Monday ordered 10,000 troops into the streets to protect sensitive sites after three days of bloodshed and terror, amid the hunt for accomplices to the attacks that left 17 people and the three gunmen dead.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls said the search is urgent because "the threat is still present" after the attacks that began Wednesday with a massacre on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and ended when the three attackers were killed Friday in nearly simultaneous raids by security forces.
Meanwhile, France's defense minister said Monday the country is mobilizing 10,000 troops to protect the population. Jean-Yves Le Drian said the deployment will be fully in place by Tuesday, and will focus on the most sensitive locations.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said 4,700 security forces would be assigned to protect France's 717 Jewish schools. more 

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