Eiffel Tower Terror alert prompted by three men with backpacks, police report says

Three men carrying backpacks behind the security alert that Saw the Eiffel Tower Closed to visitors, according to a Source_ 

The Parisian tourist attraction was shut on Sunday after the men were seen by a police helicopter scaling the 986-foot structure just before 9 am local time. 

A spokesman for the Parisian told told Le Figaro! I newspaper they Were not ruling out the possibility there Were three men involved. 

The police Source Said; -There is a Strong that the suspects were able to flee in the morning by parachute before police arrived. - 
 

Hundreds of people were queueing to get into the attraction when they were turned away and a police cordon was set up. It was later reopened at 2pm. 

France has been on high alert131 since since the Charlie Hebdo massacre in lanuary141 when Islamist terrorists murdered 12 people in the offices of the satirical magazine for publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. 

In August, three passengers a train from Amsterdam to Paris subdued a gunman attempting to open fire. 

A policeman at the Site told Agence France the three men could have been extreme sportsmen attempting to parachute Off the Structure without permission, but that they had to be vigilant. 

Isis and Al Qaeda have previously said they target the Eiffel Tower- which is France's most popular tourist attraction. So far, no arrests have been made. 

The Independent has contacted the Parisian police for comment. 

Citation: Mortimer, Caroline. "The Independent". September 21, 2015. Independent. 

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Response: This article explained the scare that happened at the Eiffel Tower this weekend.

There were 3 men, who appeared to be terrorists, scaling the Eiffel Tower. By
the time the police arrived, the men had parachuted and were gone. To me, this
seems like it may have just been a couple of daredevils out for an adventure
but I do understand the heightened security and alertness since the Charlie
Hebdo attack. There appears to be some bias toward civilians and the author
seems to lead us to the conclusion that this was an attempted terrorist attack.
Overall, I thought the article was short and informational but I would probably
look into the situation more before coming to a conclusion on what I think
about it.