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The Nantes Atlantique airport, on June 8, 2020 in Bouguenais, western France. Six airports across France were evacuated on October 18, 2023 after emailed "threats of attack". Image Credit: AFP

Paris: Six airports across France were evacuated on Wednesday after emailed "threats of attack", a police source told AFP.

The evacuations at Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Nice, Toulouse and Beauvais airport near Paris would allow authorities to "clear up any doubts" that the threats might be real, the source said.