Eiffel Tower evacuated after bomb alert

Channel News Asia ^ | 09/14/2010 | n/a

[Pyro7480]

Police evacuated the Eiffel Tower and the park surrounding the Paris landmark on Tuesday after a bomb alert, an AFP journalist said.

A police officer said about 25,000 people were in the area at the time of the alert but added that they left calmly shortly before 9:00 pm (1900 GMT).

The officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the alert was sounded either after a threat was phoned in or following the discovery of a suspicious package.

The people evacuated, mostly French and foreign tourists, were asked to stay on the nearby Seine river banks, and the tower area and Champ de Mars park were declared off limits.

[Liberty Valance]

"Team America" is being reclassified as a documentary ...

[Da Coyote]

It’s those blasted Methodists again.

Or was it Catholics.

No, wait, I’m thinking, oh yeah, those vengeful Mormons.

Darn, just can’t think of what faith is composed of folks who have nothing to believe in save taking offense.......

[Le Chien Rouge]

Those terrorist Luxembourgers....always causing problems.

[Never on my watch]

I don't think Islam wants to knock down the Eiffel Tower as much as convert it to a giant minaret.

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

Elena should be required to wear one.

[My hearts in London - Everett]

Well, there had to be some other group there because it was only “mostly” French and tourists! lol

[Magnum44]

[SeekAndFind]

I wonder if this will ever happen...

[Rinnwald]

I suppose the army of Somali peddlers will lose a day of work.

[SeekAndFind]

The Eiffel Tower, from a distance...

[SoldierDad]

Simply would be delicious were the Muzzies to actually set off an explosion on the Eiffel Tower - yet more evidence of the real threat of the Religion of Peace!!!

[theDentist]

Ah! Good one!

[ministry of silly full stop]

Actually 3 groups. The french, the tourists and the gangs of french ‘youths’ making cars a la flambé

[SoldierDad]

It’s the Amish - sheesh, get it right, would ya ;-)

[Gabrial]

Last time I was in Paris, they had some real heavy firepower protecting the Eiffel Tower. I saw the inside of one van that had a whole rack of shoulder fired anti-tank weapons. The French police know the threat the muslims represent. The way the barricades were set up and the way the vans were positioned, it was fairly obvious they were trying to prevent a car bomb from reaching the tower. The Police guarding the vans containing the heavy stuff had full body armor and automatic weapons with grenade launchers.

[LadyBuck]

ITA - knew it was those puppy-gassing Amish.

[RichInOC]

They surrendered?

[Cincinna]

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The symbol of Paris. Remains to be seen if this was a terrorist attack.

Wonderful restaurant, le JULES VERNE, at the top. A great experience in fine dining with a breathtaking view, if you ever have the chance to go.

[concerned about politics]

I don’t think a bomb has been found as of yet.

I've never heard of an Islamofacist sending a warning in advance of a mass murder. It's probably some nut job liberal over there "expressing" himself.

[Genoa]

I would like to think the worst, but what kind of terrorist phones in a threat?