ISLAMABAD
\nTwo American tourists were found sleeping off a heavy night in the heights of Paris\u2019 Eiffel Tower on Monday, after dodging security the night before, the monument\u2019s operator said on Tuesday. Security guards roused the men \u201cin the early morning\u201d as they were making their rounds before the French landmark\u2019s 9:00 am opening time, publicly-owned Eiffel Tower operator Sete said. They \u201cappear to have got stuck because of how drunk they were,\u201d Paris prosecutors told AFP. The inebriated Americans had spent their illicit night under the stars in a spot normally closed to the public between the tower\u2019s second and third levels, but \u201cdid not pose any apparent threat,\u201d said Sete. After paying for an entry ticket around 10:40pm on Sunday, the pair hopped security barriers while climbing down the stairs from the tower\u2019s top, a police source said.
\nFirefighters, including a specialist unit for recovering people from dangerous heights, were sent to recover the interlopers, the police source added.
\nBoth men were brought to the police station in Paris\u2019 seventh district for questioning, while Sete said it would file a criminal complaint.
\nThe discovery of the nocturnal infiltrators delayed the tower\u2019s opening to the public on Monday morning for around an hour.
\nTwo bomb threats had on Saturday forced the evacuation of the landmark, and police are now investigating.
\nA further email with a bomb threat against the 330-metre (1080 feet) steel tower was sent to three Paris police stations on Monday, but police advised against evacuating it.
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ISLAMABAD Two American tourists were found sleeping off a heavy night in the heights of Paris\u2019 Eiffel Tower on Monday, after dodging security the night before, the monument\u2019s operator said on Tuesday. Security guards roused the men \u201cin the early morning\u201d as they were making their rounds before the French landmark\u2019s 9:00 am opening time, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-349510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n