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Police evacuated some 2,000 people from the Eiffel Tower and the park surrounding the Paris landmark on Tuesday following a bomb alert that turned out to be a false alarm, the police said.
"The company managing the Eiffel Tower received an anonymous telephone call around 8:20 pm (1820 GMT)," a Paris police official told AFP.
The evacuation began shortly before 9:00pm.
"Special units, one with sniffer dogs, went to the site to search the Eiffel Tower floor by floor."
According to the Telegraph, the resulting traffic congestion threw central Paris into "chaos."
Several hours after the Eiffel bomb scare police also briefly evacuated a suburban train station in central Paris after a bomb alert, the SNCF and RATP rail companies said.
The introduction of the law had led to threats from leaders of radical Islamist groups against France, but French police made no link between the bomb alert and the vote on the ban.
The structure, the tallest building in the French capital, is the single most visited paid monument in the world.
The station was reopened after a police check. Visitors are returning to the iconic Paris landmark after police say that they have found nothing suspicious.
"The company managing the Eiffel Tower received an anonymous telephone call around 8:20 pm (1820 GMT)," a Paris police official told AFP.
"Special units, one with sniffer dogs, went to the site to search the Eiffel Tower floor by floor."
According to the Telegraph, the resulting traffic congestion threw central Paris into "chaos."
Several hours after the Eiffel bomb scare police also briefly evacuated a suburban train station in central Paris after a bomb alert, the SNCF and RATP rail companies said.
The introduction of the law had led to threats from leaders of radical Islamist groups against France, but French police made no link between the bomb alert and the vote on the ban.
The structure, the tallest building in the French capital, is the single most visited paid monument in the world.
The station was reopened after a police check. Visitors are returning to the iconic Paris landmark after police say that they have found nothing suspicious.
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