Major evacuation and lock-down of the Place de la République
French police have cleared the entire area of the famous Place de la République square amid fears of a bomb in an abandoned car.
There are images of a dark green vehicle, left outside the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
The Place de la République had previously been evacuated again in November 2015 after a false alarm sparked panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
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