The terrorist threat in France

Six French airports evacuated after bomb threat 

Six airports in France have been evacuated after threats of attacks were received via email, police sources told AFP.  

 

It concerns airports in Lyon, Toulouse, Nice, Lille, Nantes and Beauvais near Paris, according to French media. The British Mirror writes that millions of travelers are affected. In Toulouse, all roads to and from the airport were also closed.  

 

Since last week's knife attack on a teacher, there is the highest terror threat level in France. The Louvre art museum in Paris was evacuated on Saturday, and the Palace of Versailles on both Saturday and Tuesday, writes Le Parisien.

 

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Sources: Macron cancels trip to Sweden - Brussels actions are said to be the reason 

Emmanuel Macron will not visit Sweden as planned in October. This is stated by a source close to the French president of Omni. However, the source does not want to comment on why the trip was cancelled.  

 

According to information to the French TV channel TF1, the reason should be several recent events, including the terrorist act that killed two Swedes in Brussels earlier this week and the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.  

 

Macron would have visited Sweden between 24 and 25 October. The Swedish Foreign Ministry has not yet confirmed the information.  

 

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Macron: All European states are vulnerable  

French President Emmanuel Macron warns of growing Islamist terrorist movements in Europe. This after the murder of a French teacher a week ago, and of two Swedish citizens in Belgium last night.  

 

The suspected perpetrators in both crimes have both claimed to have acted in the name of the terrorist group IS. 

 

- All European states are vulnerable, and we are really seeing a reawakening of Islamist terrorism, Macron said according to Reuters.