The Eiffel Tower was evacuated today and placed on lockdown after police received a bomb threat. Nearly 10,000 people visited the structure today, so there were plenty of reports from disappointed and frightened tourists.
Eiffel Tower evacuated: Terrorist attack fears as caller warns it will be 'blown to pieces' http://t.co/Rl0pNpT8lJ
— Maximus™ (@MaximusShelby) March 30, 2013
So we go to visit eiffel tower today, the structure is just incridble! But half way through miltary came and evacuated the whole tower xD!!
— Aly Masry (@Aly_Masry) March 30, 2013
https://twitter.com/Michael94Bell/status/318097469634387969
So I'm chillin at the Eiffel Tower and the cops approach and tell me there was a bomb threat.. Oh okay.
— Cait (@McCurdyCaitlin) March 30, 2013
As we were about to go up the Eiffel Tower it got a bomb threat and had to leave ?
— Alyssa Murray (@alyssa_murray3) March 30, 2013
Was about to go in the Eiffel tower but there is a bomb threat and the whole french army is here
— nate (@natemarquez) March 30, 2013
https://twitter.com/melissaXassilem/status/318098718513577985
https://twitter.com/AvireeSabotnik/status/318100180304011264
According to RT.com, around 1,500 people had to be cleared from the tower after an anonymous caller claimed a bomb was set to go off at 9:30 p.m. local time. That hour has come and gone, and webcams show the Eiffel Tower very much intact.
#BREAKING: Le Parisien: Explosive detection dog teams searching Eiffel Tower following terror threat called in -via @mpoppel
— Channel 1 Atlanta News NOW (@channel1atlanta) March 30, 2013
Vast anti-terrorism operation currently going on at Eiffel Tower following bomb warning. Usually open until midnight but now shut. #Paris
— Peter Allen (@peterallenparis) March 30, 2013
1500 people evacuated from Eiffel Tower but sniffer dogs left to try and find explosives #Paris
— Peter Allen (@peterallenparis) March 30, 2013
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