FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, August 3, 2023.  REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
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Eiffel Tower reopens after bomb threat evacuation

Visitors were allowed back into the Eiffel Tower on Saturday about two hours after officials evacuated it due to a bomb threat, a French police source said.

PARIS (Reuters) -Visitors were allowed back in the Eiffel Tower on Saturday about two hours after officials evacuated it due to a bomb threat, a French police source said.

"It was a false alarm, people can go back inside," the source said.

(Writing by Ingrid Melander; Editing by Andrew Heavens and Mark Potter)

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