The Eiffel Tower was evacuated shortly after Wednesday as police in Paris investigated allegations of a bomb threat. It has since reopened.
On Wednesday morning, an unidentified clerk called the police and evacuated all the tourists inside the monument, saying a bomb had been planted inside the famous Parisian Tower, an official with the tower’s management company told the Associated Press. The officer does not have the right to name in public.
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Police cordoned off the streets below the Eiffel Tower and the bridge across the Seine River to Trocadero Plaza, but began removing the tape some two hours later. Some tourists were still seen roaming the area.
French police officers secure the bridge leading to the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 in Paris. Paris police cordoned off the area around the Eiffel Tower following a phone-bomb threat. (AP Photo / Michelle Euler)
Police did not immediately release a statement detailing the threat. Two officers at the scene also told the AP that the operation was the result of a phone-bomb threat.
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Citing unnamed police sources, French journalist Amouri Bukko tweeted that a man had called “Allahu Akbar” (Arabic for “God is great”) and set off a device to “blow everything up” immediately after 11 a.m. local time. Threatened.
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The 131-year-old tower receives about 25,000 tourists a day in normal years, but fewer visits this year due to coronavirus travel restrictions. While the Eiffel Tower is about to open every day, it sometimes closes due to suicide threats, bomb threats or labor strikes.
The Associated Press contributes to this report.
