MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, France — French authorities evacuated tourists from the Mont-Saint-Michel abbey and searched houses Sunday on the famed outcropping in the English Channel for a visitor who apparently threatened to attack security services. Several hours of searching failed to turn up the suspect, and police expanded their search to neighbouring towns, according to the national gendarme service. Details of Sunday’s threat were unclear, but the gendarme service said authorities ordered the evacuation as a precaution. The hilltop abbey, whose origins date to the 10th century, and surrounding sites attract more than 2 million visitors every year. An official with the national gendarme service said the man made the threat Sunday on one of the shuttles serving the site.

Source: National Post April 22, 2018 09:11 UTC