The Eiffel Tower and the surrounding Champs de Mars park were briefly evacuated on Tuesday because of a bomb alert, the fourth in the Paris region in as many weeks, but a search turned up nothing, police said.
The decision to evacuate came after the fire service received a call from a public telephone saying there was a suspect package at the tower, a police spokeswoman said earlier.
It was also the second evacuation of the Eiffel Tower and Champs de Mars due to a bomb alert – which also failed to turn up any explosives – in two weeks.
French security officials said last week the country was on heightened alert after receiving a tip-off of a planned suicide attack on the Paris metro.
Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said on Sept. 20 France faced a real terrorism threat due to a backlash from al Qaeda militants in North Africa, with fears growing of an attack from home-grown cells within French borders.
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