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.

[Magnum44]

[Blue Jays]

French citizens will one day learn the errors of their ways of allowing any one single group to run roughshod over their long and rich culture.

[stylecouncilor]

LOL!!

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

Yeah,I too thought those nutty Catholics were at it again.(Sarcasm galore)

[livius]

I would suspect this was a spur of the moment thing by some Muslim who wanted to vent but didn’t have his bomb-vest ready yet. If nothing else, it shuts down a major tourist site, costs the (evil, Western, infidel) owner a bit of money, and gets publicity.

[GraceG]

[ I would suspect this was a spur of the moment thing by some Muslim who wanted to vent but didn’t have his bomb-vest ready yet. If nothing else, it shuts down a major tourist site, costs the (evil, Western, infidel) owner a bit of money, and gets publicity. ]

We can only hope it wakes the natives of france the heck up.

[BykrBayb]

The people evacuated, mostly French and foreign tourists...

I guess the moslem invaders were such a small minority, they weren't worth mentioning.

[SatinDoll]

I suspect the French are on the cusp of kicking most Muslims out of the country and all it will take is something dramatic, like blowing up the Eiffel Tower, to impell that dramatic expulsion.

[lonevoice]

I would like to think the worst

Why is that?

[livius]

The French wouldn’t have banned the veil of they weren’t waking up. Their Muslim population is much higher than ours, and they should have done something long before now, but - better late than never.

[HollyB]

Wow, pretty impressive. Thanks for sharing that. Always interesting to hear about something like that first hand.

[SoldierDad]

By the time that actually happens I’m afraid there will not be any “French” citizens left in France.

[Blue Jays]

Good point...

[upchuck]

I suppose you are aware that, after posting that disgusting abomination, you are marked for death? /s

[Riley]

LOL! I heard the theme music from that in my mind’s ear when I read the headline!

[ichabod1]

This is not news. The Eiffel Tower getting blowed up is news.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Yutes...from Yuteland!

[ichabod1]

They shouldn’ta oughtta of done that. That’s just like yelling fire in a crowded theatre.

[brothers4thID]

Cylons!