Thousands of police officers deployed to Jewish schools

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Almost 5,000 police officers in France have been posted at 700 Jewish schools across the country following the terrorist attacks in Paris.

The extra protection comes after Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that Amedy Coulibaly, the gunman who killed four Jewish shoppers at a kosher supermarket last week, "undoubtedly" had an accomplice, Sky News reports. "The hunt will go on," Valls added.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.