French President
Francois Hollande has promised 5,000 extra police posts in an
"unprecedented" strengthening of French security, a year after the
attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine by jihadists.
He praised the police,
military and intelligence services in a ceremony at the police headquarters in
Paris.
He said they must
co-ordinate their work closely, with full transparency, exchanging the
information they get.
Gunmen killed 17
people a year ago at Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket.
Mr Hollande said 5,000
extra police and gendarmes would be added to existing forces by 2017. In
addition, 2,000 extra jobs are being created in the intelligence services.
Police killed the
three jihadist gunmen during three days of terror in Paris, but questions
remain about their jihadist contacts and possible accomplices in the Middle
East.
Three police officers
were among the 17 victims of the gunmen on 7-9 January, 2015, BBC report.
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