Breaking News, Eiffel Tower Evacuated.

JONJO THE MISER · 14-09-2010 09:02PM #1

Eiffel Tower and surrounding park evacuated after bomb alert (AFP)
Around 25,000 people have been evacuated from the Eiffel Tower and the surrounding Champ de Mars park in Paris after a bomb alert, AFP reported.

About 25,000 people have been evacuated from the Eiffel Tower in Paris and its surrounding park after a bomb scare.

The alarm was raised after an anonymous call to the company which owns the famous landmark, officials said.

A police cordon has been thrown around the tower and about 1,000 people have been moved to the banks of the nearby River Seine, French media reported.

The 324m (1,063ft) iron lattice tower, built in 1889, is one of the world's most popular tourist attractions.

The evacuation of the tower and the Champ de Mars park took place calmly shortly before 2100 local time (1900 GMT), police said.

Officers with sniffer dogs are carrying out a thorough search of the area.

The French government increased security at certain sites between 2 August and 15 September, in part because of threats from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, French TV channel TF1 reported.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11302294

Piste · 14-09-2010 09:05PM

It's on BBC too: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11302294

KeithM89_old · 14-09-2010 09:05PM

Sacrebleu !!

BluesBerry · 14-09-2010 09:06PM

Nothing on sky about it

Donkey Oaty · 14-09-2010 09:06PM

No reports yet of any suspect devices.

Early indications are that it is a hoax threat.

mikom · 14-09-2010 09:07PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe2BOpPz_S0

Ross_Mahon · 14-09-2010 09:09PM

Its those Roma Gypsies!

Phill Ewinn · 14-09-2010 09:12PM

A beumb?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek44tW0Dqig

Mark200 · 14-09-2010 09:14PM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8003126/Eiffel-Tower-evacuated-after-bomb-alert.html

Tourists were evacuated from the Eiffel Tower just before 9pm local time (8pm in the UK), according to French newspaper Le Figaro.
The company that runs the Tower received an anonymous phone call saying that there was a bomb planted there at 8.20pm.

A policeman said that 25,000 people were calmly evacuated from the Tower and were told by police to gather on the banks of the River Seine in central Paris, beyond a security corden created by the French forces.

Police were using sniffer dogs to check the Tower level-by-level, and an hour after the initial warning the Tower had still not been reopened to the public.

Traffic in the centre of Paris was thrown into chaos as the roads around the Eiffel Tower were shut.

The 324m (1,063ft) iron lattice tower, built in 1889, is one of the world's most popular tourist attractions.

JONJO THE MISER · 14-09-2010 09:14PM

Im sure the Pink Panter will get to the bottom of this.

BluesBerry · 14-09-2010 09:14PM

I nearly killed myself running to the sitting room to turn over to sky news scared the crap out of everyone shouting the eiffel tower the eiffel tower lol
such an anti climax when there was nothing

I was hoping to see some action :mad:

starbelgrade · 14-09-2010 09:16PM

A blonde goes to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower.

She asks a man the best way to get to it. The man tells her to wait for the number 72 bus. "It will take you directly to Eiffel Tower."

After 4 hours the man was passing back the same way & sees the blonde still at the bus stop.

"How come you're stilll here?" he says.

The blonde replies, "Only 65 buses have passed - there's 7 left to go".

Nodin · 14-09-2010 09:17PM

BluesBerry wrote: »

Nothing on sky about it

..doesn't have a Wayne Rooney/British connection so no priority....later on they might mention it...

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 14-09-2010 09:19PM

KeithM89 wrote: »

Sacrebleun up !!

FYP

sponsoredwalk · 14-09-2010 09:20PM

If something happens to that phallic monument :mad:

Thrill · 14-09-2010 09:21PM

BluesBerry wrote: »

I was hoping to see some action :mad:

Got a hunger to see a French fry?

foxinsox · 14-09-2010 09:24PM

Voulez vous couchez avec mois c'est soir?

merde ......

wrong thread

Pookah · 14-09-2010 09:26PM

BluesBerry wrote: »

I nearly killed myself running to the sitting room to turn over to sky news scared the crap out of everyone shouting the eiffel tower the eiffel tower lol
such an anti climax when there was nothing

I was hoping to see some action :mad:

Eiffel for that one myself.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 14-09-2010 09:28PM

sponsoredwalk wrote: »

If something happens to that phallic monument :mad:

I imagine there'll be another erection in it's place. Don't worry.

NoHornJan · 14-09-2010 09:36PM

We better put the Spire on round the clock guard...

Bellabidul · 14-09-2010 09:39PM

It's September...there's something wrong with the month...

Killer Pigeon · 14-09-2010 09:50PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d6vgGVqok4

o well

Pacing Mule · 14-09-2010 09:55PM

I can just picture some dude going down on one knee about to pop the question and then getting escorted off by security whilst protesting the inconvenience.

ejmaztec · 14-09-2010 09:59PM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Im sure the Pink Panter will get to the bottom of this.

Is that the porno version of The Pink Panther, starring Ron Jeremy as Inspector Clouseau?

Scuid Mhór · 14-09-2010 09:59PM

don't let the tower fall.

Mister men · 14-09-2010 10:00PM

Freedom fries tbh.

JONJO THE MISER · 14-09-2010 10:01PM

What is it with Terrorists and towers

davetherave · 14-09-2010 10:02PM

Dunno where their getting 25,000 from. Euronews has just said around 2,000.

Celly Smunt · 14-09-2010 10:03PM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

What is it with Terrorists and towers

BIG fans of rapunzel (sp?)

Red Hand · 14-09-2010 10:09PM

NoHornJan wrote: »

We better put the Spire on round the clock guard...

Naaaaaaa

14-09-2010 10:11PM

Pageant Messiah wrote: »

I can just picture some dude going down on one knee about to pop the question and then getting escorted off by security whilst protesting the inconvenience.

Serves him and his cliche right

Breaking News, Eiffel Tower Evacuated.

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