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PARIS — A bomb alert Sunday at the Paris Book Fair, which this year honors Israeli writers, prompted the evacuation of thousands of people but appeared to be a false alarm, Paris police officials said.
An anonymous caller said a bomb would go off at 5 p.m., said Jean-Daniel Compain, director of Reed, a company that organizes the Paris Book Fair. He said 25,000 people were evacuated.
Security at this year’s book fair was especially tight because of the Israeli focus of the event.
