Brussels terror attacks: France defender Laurent Koscielny does not fear for his safety ahead of Stade de France return
Bombers targeted the stadium in November in a coordinated attack across Paris, resulting in the death of 130 people
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Your support makes all the difference.Laurent Koscielny, the France defender, has insisted he does not fear for his safety while on international duty despite another terrorist attack in Europe.
The Arsenal centre-back was at the Stade de France in November when suicide bombers operating on behalf of Isis targeted the national stadium in a coordinated attack which resulted in the death of 130 people across Paris.
On Tuesday morning, at least 30 people were killed and an estimated 200 injured after two devices were detonated at Brussels Airport just before 7am local time while a third was set off at Maalbeek Metro station in the Belgian capital an hour later.
With a friendly against the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Friday before the national team return to Paris to face Russia, Koscielny insists the French camp are concentrating solely on football.
“We send our condolences to the families of the victims. All the French people are with the Belgians, as they were with France in November,” he told a press conference this week.
“We have a game to play Friday and life continues. It's difficult when barbarous acts occur in France or Belgium but we must keep trying to give pleasure, smiles, to spectators and television viewers.
“I do not fear for our safety. The [France Football] Federation has set up a high level of security with great people working around the group, it is serene.”
Meanwhile, Uefa have moved to reaffirm their commitment to ensuring the European Championship in France this summer will be “safe and secure” following the terrorist attacks in Brussels.
The European football administrative body said: “Following today's events in Brussels, Uefa wishes to reaffirm its commitment in placing safety and security at the centre of its organisational plans for Uefa Euro 2016.
“Euro 2016 SAS and all stakeholders involved in the organisation of the tournament will continue their joint work and will regularly monitor the level of risk for the tournament and their respective organisational plans.
“For over three years now, Euro 2016 SAS has been working closely with the relevant authorities to develop the most appropriate mechanisms in order to guarantee a safe and secure tournament and all necessary measures are being taken to ensure that is the case for all involved.”
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