Home-made bomb found in Paris basilica
Police in Paris today evacuated the Sacre Coeur basilica, one of the French capital’s most famous landmarks, after an explosive device was found inside.
The device, apparently home-made, was put together with gas bottles and flammable liquids, police said.
A tourist found a black plastic bag containing three bottles of natural gas, a gallon of petrol and four containers of detergent at the church.
Anti-terrorist police were leading the investigation.
Sacre Coeur, which sits high on Montmartre hill, is one of the most visited tourist sites in all of France, drawing eight million visitors last year.
