France releases terror alert app that instructs hostages how to react

 By 
Ray White
 on 
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France's interior ministry released an app that will alert people in the event of a suspected terrorist attack. It's called SAIP (an acronym that translates roughly to "system to alert and inform population") and it was released ahead of the 2016 Euro football tournament, which starts on June 10. The app, developed after last year's tragic attacks on Paris, sends users a description of the attack and instructions on how to react.

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