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Security dominates French election after shooting

Paris, Apr 21 (Reuters) The killing of a policeman by a suspected Islamist militant pushed national security to the top of the French political agenda today, two days before the presidential election.
With the first round of voting in the two-stage election taking place on Sunday, far-right nationalist candidate Marine Le Pen promised tougher immigration and border controls to beat "Islamist terrorism" if elected.
Centrist Emmanuel Macron, who narrowly leads a tight race ahead of Le Pen, said the solutions were not as simple as she suggested, and that there was "no such thing as zero risk".
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