Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:07pm on 18 Oct 2023,Wednesday International
Six airports across France were evacuated on Wednesday following emailed bomb threats, police said, amid heightened tensions after the Hamas attack in Israel and a fatal stabbing by an IS-linked individual. The evacuations aimed to investigate the threats at Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Nice, Toulouse and Beauvais near Paris. Aviation officials confirmed evacuations over threats at four airports which caused delays. Nice airport said a security perimeter was set up over an abandoned bag before operations resumed. With passengers confused over the evacuations, airport authorities later gave an all-clear. The threats follow previous recent hoaxes in France as security is tightened after recent attacks.
