BRASíLIA - Brazil's interim president will hold an emergency meeting with cabinet ministers Friday to bolster security for next month's Olympics, officials said after a suspected terrorist attack in the French city of Nice. In June, Brazil's intelligence service said it had detected Portuguese-language messages linked to the Islamic State group on an online forum. Brazilian intelligence officials met with French counterparts Friday for a briefing on the Nice attack, he said. Brazil plans to deploy 85,000 police and soldiers to provide security for the Olympics -- double the number used in the 2012 London Games. "We're trading a little comfort for a lot more security," he told a press conference at the presidential offices.

Source: Bangkok Post July 15, 2016 16:30 UTC