French airport evacuated following discovery of ‘suspicious package’

This is a developing story.

According to emerging reports, Nice airport has been evacuated following the discovery of a suspicious package.

It has been established that travellers were advised to leave Terminal 2 after an abandoned bag was spotted at the Air France boarding area just hours after two other 'suspicious' packages were discovered in the same terminal.

Évacuation du Terminal 2 de l'aéroport de Nice…Les usagers cuisent sur le parking. pic.twitter.com/iuv3C3OMHh

— Florine Bessard (@Boldoflorine06) August 15, 2016

Travellers have taken to Twitter to share developments with the public, and it has been established that passengers were able to re-enter the airport approximately an hour after the police removed the package.

Terminal at Nice airport briefly evacuated over suspicious luggage – reports https://t.co/1G6wjaf0qB pic.twitter.com/XtAaUI9VND

— Global Issues Web (@globalissuesweb) August 15, 2016

The evacuation comes just a month after a terrorist attack in the same city which claimed the lives of 85 people.