The establishment suspended its activities after an attack at the Arras institute, in Pas-de-Calais. “A check is underway,” the authorities explained.
He Louvre Museum in Paris was evacuated this Saturday “security reasons” in response to “bomb threats”according to the authorities of the establishment, after a “terrorist attack” at the institute of Arrasin Pas de Calais.
The museum communicated the measures through its official account on X (Twitter): “Dear visitors, For security reasons the Louvre Museum closes its doors today, October 14th. Those who have reserved tickets may request a refund. Thanks for your understanding”.
The evacuation took place late in the morning after a normal day in which the museum opened its doors at 9. The measure is in response to “bomb threat messages”, according to police sources cited by French television TF1/LCI. “There is a check underway,” they added.
According to the French press, Some 15,000 people were evacuated from the museum, the largest in the world, which in 2022 received almost 8 million people. The evacuation took place late in the morning after a normal day in which the museum had opened its doors at 9.
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Alert in France for a new “terrorist attack”
The French authorities increased the alert level yesterday after a “terrorist attack” at an institute in Arras, in Pas-de-Calaisin which a teacher was stabbed to death and two other people were injured.
The perpetrator of the attack, Mohammed Mogouchkova Russian of Chechen origin, about 20 years old, was registered in the national security registry and would have arrived in France in 2008.
According to the prefecture of the area, at the time of committing the crime, Mogouchkov shouted “Allah Akbar” (Allah is great, in English), a formal expression of faith used by Muslims and used by the perpetrators of the jihadist attacks that shook France in the last decade.
Source: Ambito
