Bomb threat in Pau, three restaurants evacuated and a canceled concert

An investigation was opened after an eventful evening in Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), Saturday in the town hall district.

Three restaurants were evacuated and one concert was canceled after a bomb threat.

Operations were carried out for about two hours by deminers from the Basque coast but no explosive device was identified.

It all started with a call from a visibly alcoholic person on a town hall phone line at around 7 p.m.

The man made five phone calls and on the last one said he had planted a bomb at City Hall.

The guard, who had received the calls, alerted the police, reports

.

The police were still looking for the individual at the origin of the incident on Sunday morning.

Tickets for the concert reimbursed

In a press release relayed by

, the Tonnerre de Jazz association reacted after the cancellation of Yoann Loustalot's concert at the Saint-Louis theater.

"The people who had reserved and paid for their place will of course be reimbursed", assures the structure.

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