2024-04-11 14:32:32
The UEFA Champions League, Europe’s highest club football competition, will be played in the last eight on Tuesday night. In the first leg, Real Madrid will host the current champions Manchester City. On the other hand, Arsenal will play at home against Bayern Munich. PSG will play against Barcelona on Wednesday. And Atletico Madrid’s opponent is Borussia Dortmund.
The terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) has threatened to attack the matches. Organizers admitted they had received threats of attacks. However, they do not see any reason for warning about this. They are satisfied with their security.
The Daily Mail A report confirmed this news. They say that the media outlet Al Azeem Foundation is reporting this attack by ISIS. The company released a poster on Monday morning. Where a person can be seen standing in black clothes with an AK-47 rifle. The huge stadium in front and the four venues behind this week’s Champions League — Emirates Stadium, Parc des Princes, Metropolitano Arena and Santiago Bernabeu. Caption, ‘Kill everyone.’
After Marca published the news, several media outlets in Spain reported on the attack. Organizers don’t want to have security lapses. Meanwhile, more than 3,000 members of the Special Security Force have been deployed in Madrid, Spain. The next day in Madrid again Borussia Dortmund will play against Atletico. It is assumed that about 80 thousand people will gather around the two matches in two days. The Daily Mail claims that about 8,000 visitors from Manchester City and Dortmund will visit Madrid. Apart from this, adequate security measures have also been taken at Emirates Stadium in London.
IS carried out its last attack on March 22. An attack on a concert at the Crocus City complex in the Russian capital Moscow killed 143 people and injured an estimated 300 others.