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Police close Mont- Saint-Michel due to security alert

French authorities said they evacuated the major tourist attraction of Mont Saint-Michel after a man threatened police on Sunday. A local bar owner heard a man uttering threats after he entered the site in the northwestern region of Normandy. The district prefect announced later that he would reopen the monastery area of the hill after police advised him it was safe to do so.

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