Paris Police Briefly Evacuate Eiffel Tower after Bomb Threat

Paris Police Briefly Evacuate Eiffel Tower after Bomb Threat
French police officers secure the bridge leading to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, on Sept. 23, 2020. Michel Euler/AP Photo
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PARIS—Paris police briefly evacuated the Eiffel Tower and blockaded the surrounding area Wednesday after a phone-in bomb threat.

All tourists inside the monument were evacuated after an anonymous caller phoned police Wednesday morning and said a bomb had been placed inside the tower, according to an official with the tower’s management company. The official was not authorized to be publicly named.