Brazil to intensify security for Olympic Games after terror attack in France

The Brazilian government is set to reinforce the security measures for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, after a terrorist attack in Nice, France Thursday which left at least 84 dead, official sources said on Friday.

In a television interview with Globonews, Defense Minister Raul Jungmann expressed his "preoccupation" at the massacre in the south of France and that Brazil would be increasing border checks ahead and during the Olympic Games in August.

"We are revising and broadening our controls, border checks. While this does represent an inconvenience for those participating or attending the Olympics, it is a necessary move to ensure the security of all," he said.

Jungmann added that the government and the country's intelligence services are working on new procedures for defense, security and intelligence matters, after the Nice attack.

"We believe we will have to intensify the number of security checkpoints (during the Games), alongside other measures," said the minister.

Jungmann said that the ministry has been in regular contact with French intelligence for over two years and that, until today, no threat of suspected acts of terror in Brazil has been received.

At least 84 people died and about 200 injured on Thursday night when a French-Tunisian man, Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, drove a truck through people celebrating France's national day along the seafront.

At least 50 more were in critical condition in hospital, according to the latest information from the French government. Endit