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Eiffel Tower briefly evacuated after bomb threat

Reuters

August 13, 2023 11:40 am

Eiffel Tower. [Source: Reuters]

Visitors were allowed back in the Eiffel Tower on Saturday about two hours after officials evacuated it due to a bomb threat, a French police source said.

“It was a false alarm, people can go back inside,” the source said.

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