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Six French airports evacuated after 'threats of attack'
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The airports affected were Toulouse, Biarritz and Pau in the southwest, Nice in the southeast, Lyon in the east, Lille in the north, and Rennes and Nantes in western France, a spokesperson for French Civil Aviation Authority DGAC and the interior ministry told Reuters.
Nice airport said on social media that the situation was an “abandoned baggage item” and a “security perimeter was set up to allow the usual checks to be carried out”.
AFP reports that DGAC’s online dashboard shows Toulouse-Blagnac, Lille-Lesquin and Beauvais-Tillé were experiencing delays of up to two hours on flights arriving and departing.
On Saturday 14 October, visitors were evacuated from the Louvre Museum and Palace of Versailles - two of the world’s most visited tourist attractions - for security reasons.
A teacher was killed and two other people wounded by a former student with a record of Islamic radicalisation in a knife attack at a school in the northeastern town of Arras.
Amid additional concerns over the Israel-Hamas war, the government has raised the threat alert level and mobilised 7,000 troops to increase security across the country.
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