France s tourist site evacuated after threat

Paris April 22 (IANS) Mont-Saint-Michel an island commune in France was evacuated on Sunday after an unidentified man threatened to attack policemen according to police sources.

Dozens of police officers were deployed in Mont-Saint-Michel after a man threatened to kill cops Sputnik News reported.

The Mayor of Mont-Saint-Michele confirmed that paramilitary police officers are currently looking for a suspect who shouted-- I will kill the cops .

According to eyewitnesses a helicopter flew over the scene.

"We were at the hotel and were asked to evacuate Mont-Saint-Michel. I could see that the shops were closed and everyone was evacuated " said a tourist.

Military police were conducting raids in the surrounding areas though there were fears that the man had camouflaged himself among the tourists and left Mont-Saint-Michel Efe news reported.

Mont-Saint-Michel Normandy s most popular tourist site receives three million visitors each year and has been on Unesco s world heritage list since 1979.

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