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Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova and Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova. Photo BGNES
Police and municipal authorities are stepping up security measures in Sofia in the wake of Friday’s Paris terror attacks, bTV reported on Monday.
Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova and Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova have discussed an increase of police presence at public places in which large numbers of people gather.
The Interior Ministry is providing additional police force to boost security at public buildings in Sofia, while private security firms working on contracts with Sofia Municipality are intensifying checks at shopping malls, hospitals, schools and kindergartens.
Fandakova and Bachvarova agreed to increase the number of cameras in the CCTV video surveillance system in Sofia in the following months.
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