Bomb hoax at Eiffel tower

PARIS, SEPT. 30. The Eiffel tower was briefly evacuated today after an anonymous caller warned of a bomb at the capital's most visited landmark.

After an intensive search operation, police found nothing suspicious, and the tower was reopened around an hour later.

A security cordon was immediately put into place around the tower, and visitors were cleared from the plaza underneath the monument before the tower's management decided to temporarily evacuate the premises.

Employees said it was the first time the Eiffel tower had been evacuated since the September 11 attacks in the U.S.

- AFP

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