France deploys 70,000 security forces to suppress the Halloween demonstrations The French Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nunez, announced that on Saturday, at the same time as the Halloween celebration, there is a possibility of widespread riots, and for this reason, 70,000 security forces will once again be deployed throughout the country to maintain public order. Nunes claimed at a press conference on Thursday that "a number of radical groups" on social media called for people to violent gatherings on Saturday and that the security forces would deal with these gatherings "with very high determination." The French Ministry of the Interior announced that approximately 410,000 people participated in the marches last Saturday. On that day, 70,000 police and security forces were deployed across the country.