Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:38pm on 02 Aug 2024,Friday Sports
The Stade de France was placed under lockdown on August 2, 2024, following a bomb alert related to a 'suspicious object' found by police. The surrounding area, including the nearby Porte de Paris train station, was evacuated as a specialist bomb squad responded to the alert. The stadium was empty at the time, with the day's first Olympic session concluded and the next session scheduled to start later. Security measures were heightened, with 18,000 soldiers and 30,000 police officers deployed for the Olympics. The situation returned to normal by 5 PM local time.
