Arc de Triomphe area in Paris evacuated following bomb alert: Police

Paris, October 27

The area around the Arc de Triomphe in central Paris has been evacuated following a bomb alert, a police spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday.

He said subway lines in the area were also being evacuated.

France is on high alert following the beheading of a teacher earlier this month by an 18-year old Muslim man angry about the use of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a civics lesson.

Meanwhile, the Paris Champ de Mars park around the Eiffel Tower was evacuated briefly following the discovery of a bag filled with ammunition, a police spokesman said .

He added that the evacuation of the park was over now.

There have been several false bomb alerts, most recently in the Lyon railway station last week and at the Eifel Tower a month ago. Reuters