Six airports throughout France had been evacuated on Wednesday after emailed “threats of attack”, a police supply instructed AFP, the most recent in a sequence of comparable threats in latest days.

The evacuations at Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Nice, Toulouse and Beauvais airport close to Paris would enable authorities to “clear up any doubts” that the threats is perhaps actual, the supply stated.

The incidents adopted different bomb threats in France since Hamas’s October 7 assault on Israel and Friday’s deadly stabbing of a trainer in northern metropolis Arras by a person claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group.

A spokesman for France’s DGAC aviation authority confirmed evacuations over bomb warnings solely at Lille, Lyon, Toulouse and Beauvais, and was unable to provide additional particulars instantly.

The DGAC’s on-line dashboard confirmed important delays at Lille, Lyon and Toulouse.

A submit on Nice airport’s X (previously Twitter) account stated that “following an abandoned baggage item… a security perimeter was set up to allow the usual checks”.

“The situation has now returned to normal,” it added.

Airport authorities at Lyon’s Bron airport additionally stated that the all-clear had been given.

In Lille, an airport spokeswoman stated three flights had been diverted, whereas a submit on its X account stated safety forces had been on the scene.

There was confusion from passengers on social media, with some apparently at the hours of darkness about why they had been being ushered out of airports.

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