PORTUGUESE air traffic authorities have intercepted a message describing a militant threat against the Eiffel Tower and have passed it to French authorities, a Portuguese source said last night.
"It is true we intercepted a conversation with terrorist threats to the Eiffel Tower yesterday," said the anonymous source.
"Our air force informed the French air force of this matter," the source added, without giving further details.
French d
aily Le Monde reported on Friday that intelligence services were tracking the authors of the message.
The newspaper said Portuguese air traffic authorities had intercepted a "vague and confused" short wave radio message on Thursday, according to a police source.
The French capital is already at its second highest security alert level and further public security measures would serve little purpose, Le Monde quoted police as saying.
"We've been at red for several months. It's the highest level before scarlet alert which is implemented when there are attacks," the local police headquarters told the newspaper.
Several apparent threats against Paris and prominent personalities have also been identified on an Islamist website and are being taken seriously following the murder of four French tourists in Mauretania last month, French media said.
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