Visitors to the army Museum in Paris were evacuated in connection with the identification before entering one of the halls of suspicious pink package.
Accidental witness to this incident has become a UKRINFORM correspondent in France.
Suspicious package pink rectangular shape guards found before entering the hall “middle Ages” of the Museum of the army at about 17:00 on Kiev. The administration immediately instructed the guard to close the perimeter and display visitors to the complex in a safe place and called the engineers. For the evacuation of tourists also came from the staff of the gendarmerie and the military guarding the historical site and were patrolling the surrounding streets. Thanks to the decisive and coordinated actions of all the visitors quickly left the scene of the “dangerous discoveries”. To the place of profit sappers and began to examine the package for explosives.
The entrance to the army Museum was temporarily closed. However, given the ongoing European days of cultural heritage wishing to visit the historic complex has not decreased. Its exhibits and free entry attracted to the Museum of Parisians and guests of the capital.
The Museum administration refused to comment on the incident at the request of UKRINFORM, asked to leave the scene of the incident. At the same time, one of the gendarmes on condition of anonymity in conversation with the correspondent of the Agency suggested that perhaps this was someone’s bad joke or attempt to verify the actions of law enforcement officers. According to him, the system of protection of the “object” after the introduction of a state of emergency precludes the possibility of bringing to the territory of the historical complex of any suspicious items. All visitors and their personal belongings, suitcases and backpacks are thoroughly checked during the inspection at the entrance, including using metal detectors. “Almost all areas of the Museum are under video surveillance, so subsequently, law enforcement officers establish the owner of the pink package,” said the source.
The sappers, arrived on the scene, the explosives in the package is not found.
As reported, on September 17-18, in France, in conditions of increased security measures are the days of European cultural heritage. Nearly all government agencies, major churches, museums, monuments of culture, architecture and history opened this weekend doors to the General public under the watchful eye of law enforcement, military and private security services. At the same time in Paris the day before, near the popular tourist area of châtelet-Les-Halles (Chаtelet-Les Halles), worked out a special application to mobile phones SAIP (System of warning the population about the danger, designed specifically for Euro 2016), which caused a panic and stampede. The alarm was false. Police are investigating the causes of the incident.
The army Museum (Muse’e de l’armee) was opened in 1905. It was the result of a merger of the museums of artillery and the history of the army. Today it is one of the world’s largest military museums, which houses a vast collection of weapons from all over the world and from different periods of history: from antiquity to the twentieth century. Just here is 500 thousand of large and small exhibits in 8 thousand square meters. The army Museum is also part of the historical complex of Paris – Invalides, except that it also includes a military hospital, Napoleon’s tomb, the Cathedral of St. Louis.
