The Palace of Versailles had to be evacuated this Wednesday due to a bomb threat, for the third time since last Saturday, and at least eight airports They were evicted in France, which is on high alert for terrorist attacks.
Tourist palace located on the outskirts of Paris. The evacuation began around 13:00. and the demining team conducts checks to assess the credibility of the bomb threat received.
Versailles receives a bomb threat for the second day in a row. and the third since last Saturday.
Last Friday A teacher was fatally stabbed at a secondary school in Arras. in the north of the country, allegedly an immigrant of Russian origin and a Muslim who said in the video that he was acting on behalf of the Islamic State.
This attack, as well as the threat that the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East would have consequences for the country, forced the French government raise the terrorist threat level throughout the country to the highest level, So it mobilized 7,000 troops to strengthen the anti-terrorism mission, which now numbers 10,000 troops.
Louvre Museum in Paris It also had to be evacuated last Saturday due to a bomb threat, as did Lyon train station, one of the capital’s main stations.
The threats also affected at least eight airports in France, who were also completely or partially evicted into this environment.
This was reported by a representative of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation. EFE that the number of airports has been affected may continue to grow throughout the day, but before noon evictions had occurred at least in Nice, Beauvais, Lyon-Bron, Toulouse, Lille, Nantes, Rennes and Biarritz.
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This is not a global threat and about the messages that were received for each of them, said the spokesman, who admitted he didn’t know if they came from the same source.
Nice Airport indicated on its X (formerly Twitter) account that installed a security perimeter in Terminal 1 for an abandoned suitcase while “routine verification operations” were carried out, but later “the situation returned to normal.”
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In Nice, traffic was not blocked. what really happened in Lyon-Brone (which is not the most important thing in this city), because there was a warning about the explosion on the control tower, so the controllers were evacuated.
Also on its social networks, Lille Airport announced shortly after 11:00 local time that it was beginning to evacuate its facilities. for a bomb threat.
At Toulouse airport, for their part, after 12:30 local time they explained that an explosion alarm had occurred. This affected flight schedules and terminal operations.
She was also evicted on Monday morning due to another bomb warning. Institute Gambetta in Arras the scene of an attack that left three other center workers injured.