VIDEO: Paris unveils thick bulletproof glass walls and metal fences around the Eiffel Tower, designed to protect France's most famous monument from terrorist attacks pic.twitter.com/5LrJaRDegq— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 16, 2018
BBC: Eiffel Tower perimeter fence built to stop terrorism
Paris is to unveil its newly built perimeter defences around the Eiffel Tower to protect against terror threats.
Temporary barriers were placed around the tower in June 2016, and are now being replaced with more permanent measures.
Set to be completed in mid-July, the fences cost nearly €35 million ($40.1m; £30.1m).
More than 240 people have died in terror attacks in France since 2015.
Bernard Gaudillère, president of the Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE) which runs the iconic monument, said the new walls were "rock-solid for absolute security".
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WNU Editor: These security measures will not prevent this .... Report: Terrorists targeted Eiffel Tower, Louvre (USA Today).
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