Bomb scare at Eiffel Tower

THE Eiffel Tower and its immediate surroundings underneath were evacuated in Paris yesterday evening after an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat, the French capital’s police headquarters said.

About 2,000 people were cleared from the 324-meter monument on the banks of the Seine River, and police were checking it for suspicious objects, a spokesman at the police headquarters said.

Eiffel Tower security services made the decision to clear out tourists and workers following the threat, the spokesman said.