French newspaper evacuates office amid bomb scare

France Soir, the first French newspaper to publish contested cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed last week, evacuated its offices this afternoon after receiving a threatening call, staff and police said.

French newspaper evacuates office amid bomb scare

France Soir, the first French newspaper to publish contested cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed last week, evacuated its offices this afternoon after receiving a threatening call, staff and police said.

Police said the caller threatened to blow himself up at the daily’s offices in the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers. Police sent a team with sniffer dogs.

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