The incident occurred at 17:14 in Kiev, when Paris was full of tourists and Parisians.
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.
As reported by UKRINFORM correspondent, the incident occurred at 17:14 in Kiev, when Paris was full of tourists and Parisians who decided to visit dostoprimechatel places of the capital in respect of the European days of cultural heritage.
A few hundred of them got on their phones, and messages about the danger and warned the rest of the people on the street. Thousands of people in a panic began to flee, which led to a crush in the first minutes after receiving the alarm. After 10 minutes, I received a new message SAIP that the alarm was false. However, the French media even before the cancellation had to report the alarm.
A little later the press-Secretary of the Ministry of internal Affairs of France Pierre-Henri Brande made on the TV channel BFM-TV, saying that the cause of the alarm reports from the members of the Church of Saint-Leo who for reasons unknown decided that the Cathedral held a hostage situation. The police responded immediately and began an anti-terrorist operation.
The area of châtelet-Les Halles was surrounded by police on the perimeter, and its special rapid response units ready for action. At 18:00 hours, after clarification of all circumstances, the operation was cancelled.
The Minister of internal Affairs of France Bernard Cazeneuve on his page in Twitter reported about a false alarm. In addition, he made an official statement, noting “the high operational ability of the forces (police) and their high level of professionalism.” According to him, he instructed the experts to figure out the exact cause of the incident.
As reported, on September 17-18, in conditions of increased security measures are the European heritage days in France. Almost all government offices, most 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 entrance to most establishments are equipped with metal detectors, and law enforcement check on all personal belongings, backpacks, suitcases, etc. On the strengthened mode of service is translated by the Metropolitan police, rescue and municipal services, hospitals. In General, according to the Ministry of culture of the country, for free visit opened on 15 thousand places throughout France.
Every year these days are attracted to France many foreign and domestic tourists. The number of visitors grows from year to year. In 2015, the European heritage days in France attracted 12 million visitors.
