On Sunday, October 22, in France at about 12:10, the seventh evacuation in eight days was announced from the Palace of Versailles due to a bomb threat.
This was stated in a message from the castle on Twitter.
– For security reasons, the Palace of Versailles is evacuating visitors and will reopen as soon as checks are completed. Thank you for your understanding,” the message says.
Let us remind you that yesterday visitors and staff were also evacuated from the castle after reports that the building had been mined, however, after a two-hour check by dog handlers and dogs, no explosives were found.
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Following the terrorist attack in Arras on October 13, France is on high alert. Then a 20-year-old Chechen, a native of Russia, stabbed to death a high school teacher and seriously wounded three others.
The French government deployed some 7,000 troops to beef up security across the country following the attack.
