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  • 6 Airports Evacuated In France After ‘Attack’ Threats

    The incidents followed other bomb threats in France since Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel and Friday's fatal stabbing of a teacher in northern city Arras.

    The six airpo🐠rts across France were evacuated following threats of attack on Wednesday.

    AFP report quoting source said six airports across France were evacuated after emailꦺed "threats of attack".

    French authorities have 💃been receiving similar threats in recent days.

    The airports which were evacuated included at Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Nice, Toulouse ღand Beauvais airport near Paris.

    The above report quoting source said it would allow authorities ♕toꦚ "clear up any doubts" that the threats might be real.

    The ✤incidents followed other bomb threats in France since Hamas's October 7 at🥀tack on Israel and Friday's fatal stabbing of a teacher in northern city Arras by a man claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group.

    A spokesman for France's DGAC aviation authority confirmed evacuations over bomb warnings only at Lille, Lyon, Toulouse and Beauvais, and was unable to give f𒐪urther details immediatꦓely, the above report mentioned.

    “The DGAC's online dashboard showed significant delays at Lille, Lyon and Toulouse,” it said.
    The report quoting a post on X said that "following an abandoned baggage item... a security perimeter was set up to allow the usual checks෴".

    "The situaꦐtion has now returned to normal," i💞t added.

    Airport authorities at Lyon's Bron airport also said that the all-clear had been given,🎀 it 𒈔mentioned.

    In Lille, an airport spokeswoman said three flights had been diverted, while a post on its X accou൲nt said security forces were on the scen🌊e, it said.

    “♔There was confusion from passengers on social media, with some apparently in the dark about 🦂why they were being ushered out of airports,” it said.

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