2023-10-17 13:57:00
A banquet at the Palace of Versailles, in Paris, in an image from September 2023 REUTERS
France has raised the level of terrorist alert after the attack last Friday in which a teacher was beheaded in the town of Arras
17 oct 2023 . Updated at 2:27 p.m.
The Palace of Versailles was evacuated again this Tuesday due to a bomb alert and, for security reasons, its doors will remain closed throughout the day, according to a message published by the institution on its social networks.
The Palace of VersaillesIt was already closed last Saturday for the same reason. These closures have been repeated in schools and stations in France with the increase in the level of terrorist alert after last Friday’s attack in the city of Arras. On Saturday, the Louvre Museum and the Lyon station were also evacuated in Paris.
These alerts come at a time when security measures have been reinforced in France due to the conflict between Israel and Hams, and in particular due to the jihadist attack last Friday at a high school in Arras, in which a Russian terrorist originally from Cucaso murdered a teacher with a knife and injured three other people at the center.
The French Government then increased the security apparatus, in particular with the deployment of 7,000 soldiers from the Sentinel anti-terrorist mission in support of the forces of order. This Monday morning, when classes had to resume after the attack, The same Gambetta high school was evacuated due to another bomb warning. As in the other cases, the bomb squad did not find any artifacts.
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