Eight French airports were partially or completely evacuated this morning due to bomb alerts, in a context marked by the increased risk of attacks in the country due to the crisis in the Middle East and the jihadist attack last Friday in a high school in the city of Arras.

A spokesperson for the General Directorate of Civil Aviation explained to EFE that the number of affected airports could continue to grow during the day, but that until noon there had been evictions at least in those of Nice, Beauvais, Lyon-Bron, Toulouse, Lille, Nantes, Rennes and Biarritz. This is not a global threat, but rather messages that have been received for each of them, said the spokesperson, who acknowledged not knowing if they come from the same source.

He Lille airportin the north of France, has been evacuated due to a bomb warningas reported this Wednesday by the airport on platform

Toulouse airport closes air traffic

The airports of Toulouse, Nice and Lyon They were also evacuated on Wednesday due to security alerts, according to BFM TV, citing police sources. For his part, the Toulouse airport has communicated on its Twitter account that “it is currently suffering from a bomb threat that affects the flight schedule and terminal services.” Its facilities have been evacuated and air traffic has been interrupted indefinitely.

Biarritz airport, on the other hand, has decided to evacuate the terminal in a “preventive” manner despite the fact that no threats have been reported. The one from Nice has already returned to normal after reporting on his social network account X that the security perimeter has already been removed after analyze a suspicious bag that had been abandoned. The situation there has already returned to normal in Lyon and Lille, despite the unforeseen events.

France is in its highest state of alert after the murder of a teacher on October 13 in an alleged Islamist attack. The Palace of Versailles had to be evacuated this Wednesday due to a bomb threat, the third time since last Saturday.

The French Government has mobilized 10,000 police and gendarmes after having raised the anti-terrorist alert to the level of emergency attacks, which has also meant that the law enforcement forces receive the support of 7,000 soldiers from the Sentinel mission.