Valls Certain about More Major Attacks in Europe

Local Editor

In light of the international developments, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told an audience at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday that more major attacks in Europe are a "certainty."

"We have entered in a new era characterized by the lasting presence of "hyper-terrorism"," said Valls, whose country was hit by two terrorist attacks in November last year.

Valls further urged that: "We must be fully conscious of the threat, and react with a very great force and great lucidity. There will be attacks. Large-scale attacks. It's a certainty. This hyper-terrorism is here to stay."

Valls was speaking at the three-day security conference in the southern German city.

"The force of the ideological fascination is formidable, and if we have changed era it is because this hyper-terrorism is in the heart of our societies."

"ISIS" terrorists wrought havoc on the streets of Paris on November 13, killing 130 in a series of attacks across the capital.

That came after 12 people were killed in a January attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical news weekly, which had been in the terrorists' sights since publishing cartoons of Prophet Mohammad [PBUH] in 2006.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team