The terrorist threat in France

New bomb threat in France - now against the Palace of Versailles  

The Palace of Versailles outside the French capital Paris is being evacuated. The French media Le Parisien, Le Figaro and AFP have all spoken to a police source who says it is a bomb threat.  

According to the whistleblowers, an anonymous threat was received online. The popular tourist destination will now remain closed for the rest of the day.  

Earlier today, the Louvre museum in central Paris was also evacuated after an alleged bomb threat. The museum is closed and the police are investigating the incident. 

Yesterday France raised the terror threat level to the highest following Friday's school attack in the city of Arras on Friday.  

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Paris museum Louvre evacuated after suspected bomb threat  

The Louvre art museum in Paris was evacuated on Saturday due to "security reasons". Police sources told French BFMTV that it was a suspected bomb threat. 

- The Louvre received a written message saying that there were risks for the museum and its visitors, a spokesperson for the Louvre told AFP.  

The police have launched an investigation into the incident. According to the museum, the measures have links to the increase in the terror threat level, which was made on Friday after the knife attack against a school in the city of Arras.  

The museum announces on platform X that it will be closed for the rest of the day.

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French military is deployed after the teacher's murder - ten arrested 

 

France is deploying 7,000 soldiers after Friday's deadly attack on a school in Arras in the northern parts of the country, French media reports. A suspected perpetrator in his 20s stabbed a teacher to death and injured two other employees.  

 

The 7,000 soldiers must be deployed by Monday evening at the latest. The soldiers will patrol shopping malls and other public places.  

AFP reports at the same time that ten people have been arrested as part of the police investigation after Friday's school shooting, according to a police source.  

 

The terror threat level in France was raised on Friday to the highest possibl