DHAKA: France is mobilising 10,000 troops to boost security after last week’s deadly attacks, and will send thousands of police to protect Jewish schools.

French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said troops would be in place from Tuesday in the most sensitive areas.

The comments came as the French cabinet held a crisis meeting on security.

Seventeen people were killed in Paris last week in attacks at satirical magazine ‘Charlie Hebdo’, on a police officer, and at a kosher supermarket.

On Sunday, an estimated 3.7 million people turned out to show solidarity with the victims, including 1.5 million people in Paris.

About 40 world leaders joined the start of the Paris march, linking arms in an act of solidarity.

In Paris on Monday, French president Francois Hollande held a crisis meeting with top officials, reports the BBC.

Le Drian said the deployment of troops represented the largest ever mobilisation of troops within France, and was needed because ‘threats remain present’.

BDST: 1713 HRS, JAN 12, 2015