Macron ups number of soldiers to 7,000 after attack

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that he will more than double the number of soldiers deployed to protect against attacks to 7,000 after three people were killed at a church Thursday.

Macron’s announcement to increase deployments from around 3,000 currently to 7,000 came hours after the attack in the Mediterranean city left two women and a man dead at the Notre Dame basilica.

The killings put France on its highest level of alert and come at a time of extreme tension over the republication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad by the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.