Eiffel Tower cordoned off after bomb threat

French police officers secure the bridge leading to the Eiffel Tower (Michel Euler/AP)

Paris police briefly evacuated the Eiffel Tower and blockaded the surrounding area after a bomb threat was phoned in.

All tourists inside the monument were evacuated after an anonymous caller phoned police on Wednesday morning and said a bomb had been placed inside the tower, according to an official with the tower’s management company.