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<\/div>\nBoth men were brought to the police station in Paris’ seventh district for questioning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Two American tourists were found sleeping off a heavy night in the heights of Paris’ Eiffel Tower on Monday, after dodging security the night before, the monument’s operator said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Security guards roused the men “in the early morning” as they were making their rounds before the French landmark’s 9:00 am opening time, publicly-owned Eiffel Tower operator Sete said.<\/p>\n
They “appear to have got stuck because of how drunk they were,” Paris prosecutors told AFP.<\/p>\n
The inebriated Americans had spent their illicit night under the stars in a spot normally closed to the public between the tower’s second and third levels, but “did not pose any apparent threat,” said Sete.<\/p>\n
After paying for an entry ticket around 10:40 pm on Sunday, the pair hopped security barriers while climbing down the stairs from the tower’s top, a police source said.<\/p>\n
Firefighters, including a specialist unit for recovering people from dangerous heights, were sent to recover the interlopers, the police source added.<\/p>\n
Both men were brought to the police station in Paris’ seventh district for questioning, while Sete said it would file a criminal complaint.<\/p>\n
The discovery of the nocturnal infiltrators delayed the tower’s opening to the public on Monday morning for around an hour.<\/p>\n
Two bomb threats had on Saturday forced the evacuation of the landmark, and police are now investigating.<\/p>\n
A 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.<\/p>\n
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