According to Le Point news site authorities called the emergency meeting on Wednesday night because they had got wind of a specific threat to stage an attack on Paris Plage beach festival that is taking place in the city. Le Point did not reveal any details of the threat but said all the major actors involved in the fight against terrorism were present at Wednesday's meeting. The Local · 4 Aug 2016, 15:15Published: 04 Aug 2016 15:15 GMT+02:00Paris police and intelligence officials have held an emergency meeting over a specific threat to attack the beach festival, reports in France say, as police in the capital are also searching for an Afghan asylum seeker. It is not clear whether Wednesday's meeting was directly linked to an alert that was put out on Tuesday regarding an Afghan asylum seeker, suspected of intending to launch an attack. All roads leading to the beach areas are either blocked by police vans or concrete blocks to prevent a Nice-style truck attack.

Source: The Local August 04, 2016 13:30 UTC