France's Mont Saint-Michel to reopen after security alert


FILE PHOTO: General view of Le Mont-Saint-Michel, France, February 27, 2017. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - French authorities said they would reopen Mont Saint-Michel on Sunday after calling off an alert caused by a man threatening the police.

The local government earlier evacuated the major tourist attraction after local bar owner heard the man uttering threats at the site in the northwestern region of Normandy.

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