Eiffel Tower evacuated after a false alarm – The World

Le Monde | 08/05/2016 at 22:42 • Updated 08/06/2016 at 1:21 | By The Monde.fr

the president of SETE, the place of the operating company, Bernard Gaudillère gave to Agence France-Presse in a slightly different explanation . Around 19 h 15, an employee in charge of monitoring the radiographs bags believed see “something suspicious” in one of them, resembling a

gun. This proved to be an object of plastic, but the luggage was in the flow of a group, the person could not determine whether the holder had passed or not the control. “precautionary principle” is then applied, with appeal to the police and evacuation. “We do not want to take any risks,” added Mr. Gaudillère that “glad that the instructions have been followed” .

“quack “occurred on the day of the announcement of the cancellation of two major events in France after a series of deadly attacks in the territory. For safety reasons, the European cycling road championships will not be held in Nice from 14 to 18 September, just as the great fair of Lille scheduled the first weekend in September. The Eiffel Tower is a symbol of Paris and France. Since its inauguration in 1889, nearly 250 million visitors came to discover, according to its operator

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