The closures due to bomb threats came a day after a terrorist linked to Islamic extremism stabbed a teacher to death.
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France’s famed Louvre museum and Versailles Palace both closed Saturday after bomb threats as the country remains on its highest level of alert for terrorism after a fatal Friday incident renewed worries about a string of high-profile attacks in the country in recent years.Key Facts
Officials ordered the evacuation of the iconic French institutions due to bomb threats, according to the Associated Press and AFP.
There were no injuries reported and the nature of the threats was not immediately clear, though a Louvre spokeswoman told AFP about 15,000 patrons of the museum left after the Louvre « received a written message stating that there was a risk to the museum and its visitors.
