6 Airports Evacuated In France After ‘Attack’ Threats

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

French authorities have been receiving similar threats in recent days.

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

The above report quoting source 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 in 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 Lille, 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 item... a security perimeter was set up to allow the usual checks".

"The situation has now returned to normal," it added.

Airport authorities at Lyon's Bron airport also said that the all-clear had been given, it mentioned.

In Lille, an airport spokeswoman 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 from passengers on social media, with some apparently in the dark about why they were being ushered out of airports,” it said.