Evacuation at the Louvre in Paris after bomb scare during French election - Metro

A courtyard outside the Louvre musuem in Paris has been evacuated after security alert at the spot French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron planned to celebrate a victory.

Campaign spokeswoman Pauline Calmes told The Associated Press that the Esplanade du Louvre, in downtown Paris, was evacuated after a suspicious bag was found.

Macron picked the  internal courtyard of the renowned palace-turned-museum as the location for his celebration party.