Opération Sentinelle
| Opération Sentinelle | |
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| Part of Vigipirate | |
Operation Sentinelle patrol in Strasbourg
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| Location |  France |
| Planned by | Ministère de la Défense |
| Objective | Dealing with the terrorist threat and protecting sensitive "points" of the territory |
| Date | 12 January 2015 – ongoing |
The "opération Sentinelle" (in English : Sentinel Operation) is a France military operation deployed in the aftermath of the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks, to face the terrorist threat and to protect the sensitive "points" of the territory. It was reinforced during the November 2015 Paris attacks.
Soldiers deployed under Opération Sentinelle blocked the terrorist in the 2017 Paris machete attack from entering the Museum where he claims to have intended to deface art with spray paint as a symbolic attack on France; however, he attacked the patrolling soldiers with a machete.
In the March 2017 Île-de-France attacks, two Opération Sentinelle soldiers killed a terrorist who said "I am here to die for Allah" while he beat to the floor another member of their team, a female soldier from whom the attacker intended to steal her assault rifle.
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