Mont Saint-Michel evacuated after man threatens police

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French authorities have re-opened one of the country's most popular tourist sites, Mont Saint-Michel abbey, hours after a major evacuation and house-by-house search for a visitor who reportedly yelled "I'm going to kill a cop". A local bar owner heard a man uttering threats after he entered the site in the northwestern region of Normandy around 0530 GMT, district prefect Jean-Marc Sabathe told France Info radio. Mont Saint-Michel, which is surrounded by water at high tide, draws more than a million visitors a year to its 10th century abbey and other sites, making it France's biggest tourist attraction outside Paris.
Police evacuate Mont Saint-Michel abbey, a major tourist site, and launch a house-by-house search for a possible terrorist after a visitor is heard shouting "I'm going to kill a cop." The suspect is not found.