The Louvre in Paris, the most visited museum in the world, was evacuated this Saturday and had to close its doors for fear of a terrorist attack, a day after a young Chechen Islamist killed a professor inside a Arras high schoolreported the institution itself.
The decision was made after the museum received written threats.
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“For security reasons, the Louvre museum closes its doors today, Saturday, October 14. People who have booked a visit today will be refunded”indicated the institution in a message on social networks.
According to the French press, up to 15,000 visitors had to be evacuated after the museum received a written bomb threat, according to local media.
The Louvre welcomed almost 8 million people in 2022 and is one of the main world tourist attractions.
Islamist attack in France
This evacuation and closure of the emblematic museum occurs one day after the young Chechen Mohamed M. stabbed to death this Friday the high school teacher Dominique Bernard, 57, inside the Gambetta Institute in Arras.
In the midst of the commotion over this new Islamist attack, the French presidency reported this Saturday that up to 7,000 soldiers from Operation Sentinelle will be deployed throughout French territory until this Monday in response to the raising of the terrorist alert.
Since 2012, jihadist attacks in France have killed 272 people and injured 1,200, especially in 2015 and 2016.
