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Euro 2016: France to declare no-fly zones and deploy anti-drone technology

French authorities have reportedly trained for the possibility of drones being used to disperse chemical or biological weapons over crowds.

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Anti-drone technology will be deployed at Euro 2016 in France this summer, reports the BBC.

No-fly zones will be declared over the 10 host stadiums, as well as at training grounds, with the technology deployed for most of the 51 games.

French authorities have reportedly trained for the possibility of drones being used to disperse chemical or biological weapons over crowds.

The security move has come following last November's Paris attacks, in which 130 people were killed.

Those attacks included three explosions outside the city's Stade de France, where France were playing Germany in an international friendly.

Read more of this report from the BBC.