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6 Airports Evacuated In France After ‘Attack’ Threats

ဣ  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.

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The six airports across France were evacuated following🃏 threats of attack ꦑon Wednesday.

AFP report quoting source said six airports across France were evacuated afte🌠r emailed "threats of attack".

French authorities have been rec꧟ei🀅ving similar threats in recent days.

The airports which were evacuated included at Lill🃏e, Lyon, Nantes, Nice, Toulouse and Beauvais airport near Paris.

The above report quoting sour🅠ce said it would allow authorities to "clear🌸 up any doubts" that the threats might be real.

The incidents followed other bomb threats in France since Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel and Friday's fatal stabbing of a teacher i𝐆n 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 Liꦰlle, Lyon, Toulouse and Beauvais, and was unable to give further details immediately, 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 iteꦰm... a security perimeter was set up to allow the usual checks".

"Thဣe situation has now ꧟returned to normal,"; it added.

Airpor𒁏t authorities at Lyon's Bron airport also said that the all-clear had been gi🦋ven, it mentioned.

In Lille, an airport spokeswoma🌠n said three flights had been diverted, while a post on its X account said security forces were on the scene, it said.

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