unit his wife is believed to have smuggled a ceramic knife into the prison let's cross live to philip ingram former british military intelligence officer now to discuss this further welcome to the program sir according to latest reports the wife of a radicalized prisoner managed to smuggle in a knife which was then used to stab two guards in the face and throat does it look like there may have been a major security lapse here well i think it shows a lot soon the procedures that there are in. prisons it's particularly difficult to try and. be in visitor as they're coming in and subject to the levels of searching that is needed to make sure that they aren't bringing any form contraband. drugs or anything else and it's a challenge not just for the french but for president ford is across europe. france has suffered multiple attacks at the hands of islamic extremists since twenty fifteen and is still on high alert over fears of islamic state harvests returning from syria how could this latest incident affects that situation. well i just don't think the really links box it ties in with the pressur