Threat of attack on the Louvre: 15,000 visitors were evicted

by time news

2023-10-14 15:19:35

He Louvre Museum in Paristhe most visited in the world, had to be evacuated this Saturday for fear of an attackoafter receiving a written threat. This situation does not occur at any given moment, but in the midst of the commotion in France, after a young Chechen stabbed to death high school teacher Dominique Bernard, 57, inside the Gambetta high school in Arras.

On the institution’s social networks, they explained that “for security reasons, the Louvre Museum closes its doors today, Saturday, October 14. People who have booked a visit today will be refunded.”

According to the French press, when the threat came they had to evacuate to 15,000 people of the museum that, annually, receives more than 8 million people.

With the Gaza conflict in the background, the context is one of maximum alert in France. Due to the attack on the teacher, the presidency reported that Up to 7,000 soldiers will be deployed in Operation Sentinelle. which will be done throughout the territory.

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