PARIS - France is to pay its final respects on Tuesday to two commandos killed during a raid to rescue four hostages in the Sahel region of Africa last week that has sparked a row over the risks taken by the freed tourists.
An American citizen and South Korean tourist - both women whose presence was a total surprise to the French forces - were also freed from captivity in the operation overnight last Thursday and Friday. "This tragic event should serve as a warning to our tourists. Our forces are in Africa for a hard and long war and not to pay the price of carelessness," it wrote.
"The President shouldn't have gone to greet them almost as if they were heroes," Ms Le Pen told the BFM news channel in an interview. "He needed to go there," she told France Inter on Monday."It was important for the troops but also for the nation." The border area, where the men were believed to have been kidnapped, was considered a red"no-go" zone, while the whole of the park was classed in the intermediate"orange" category by the French foreign ministry.The funeral procession on Tuesday will roll over the Alexander III bridge in central Paris, where ordinary French citizens have been invited to pay their respects.
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