Eiffel tower evacuated After Bomb Alert

The Eiffel Tower in The Paris
Eiffel tower evacuated. The Most popular Tourist Destination Eiffel Tower was evacuated in the Paris, France on Saturday night after an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb alert, police official has told.

More than 1,400 people were sent away from the tourist attraction following a request from tower operators after the warning, a Paris police official said. Police then searched the monument with sniffer dogs, and set up a security perimeter.

No explosives were found and the site was to be reopened, the official said on condition of anonymity because she wasn't authorized to speak publicly.

French authorities have stepped up counterterrorism measures in recent weeks amid heightened concern about threats to France over its military campaign against al Qaeda-linked fighters in Mali which began more than two months ago.

The tower is occasionally evacuated because of such warnings — at least once last year and twice in 2011. The 324-meter (1,063-foot) tower is one of the world's top tourist attractions, with millions of visitors a year.

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