SERGIO MORAES/REUTERS Brazilian Navy soldiers attend a street patrolling exercise on Copacabana beach ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics. "We're still in shock following the tragedy that hit France," General Sergio Etchegoyen, the institutional security minister who oversees Brazil's intelligence agency, told reporters in Brasilia. Following the coordinated November attacks in Paris, Maxime Hauchard, an Islamic State member, tweeted: "Brazil, you're our next target." Brazil beefing up Olympic security after France attackAFP Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazil's interim president is to hold an emergency meeting with cabinet ministers to bolster security for next month's Olympics in the wake of the terrorist attack in the French city of Nice, accordingBrazil will implement more checkpoints and traffic restrictions in a bid to tighten security in the wake of the third major attack in France in less than two years, a top security official said Friday. While Brazil hasn't been a traditional target for terrorism, concern about the security of the Olympic Games has been on the rise as a number of attacks in France, Brussels and the United States put the world on high alert.

Source: Stuff July 15, 2016 20:37 UTC