- Following a bomb threat on August 12, the public was forced to leave, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris was shut down. However, guests were permitted back inside after two hours.
- Shortly after 1:30 p.m. (local time on Saturday), the tower was removed from the three levels and the square underneath the monument.
- Police and bomb-disposal specialists were searching the area, including a restaurant that was situated on one of the levels.
- Traffic had been rerouted, a sizable security cordon had been set up, and the monument had also been evacuated.
- According to a French police source who spoke to Reuters, the latest bomb threat at the Eiffel Tower occurred in September 2020. An anonymous contact to the police led to a tower evacuation that lasted around two hours.
- The monument features a police station at the base of the south pillar and welcomed 6.2 million visitors last year.
- The last bomb threat reported at the Eiffel Tower resulted in an evacuation of the structure that lasted over two hours and was made anonymously to the authorities.
