Bomb threat addressed to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. As a result, the famous tower was evacuated on Tuesday, September 28 evening local time. This is the second time a bomb threat against the monument in two weeks.
This bomb threat occurred at the time the French authorities was to increase awareness of the possibility of terrorist attacks in crowded places.
French police as reported by News.com.au on Wednesday (29/09/2010) says, it received a bomb threat, the Paris police closed places around the Eiffel. Traffic was also blocked. Dozens of police stationed in the area around the Eiffel, French monument the most visited tourist.
The bomb squad experts were conducting searches in the 324-meter-high tower. But not found anything suspicious. After two hours had emptied, the tourists and then allowed back into the tower.
French Police Chief Frederic Pechenard said last week, authorities suspected al-Qaeda group of North African branch of planning bomb attacks on crowded locations in France.
The warning came after the militant group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM claimed responsibility for kidnapping five French citizens and two Africans in northern Niger on 16 September.
