Pilgrims evacuated after bomb threat at Lourdes (AP)

News article: Pilgrims evacuated after bomb threat at Lourdes (AP)

News Manager August 16th, 2010

AP - Thousands of people, many disabled or ailing, were evacuated Sunday from the shrine at Lourdes in southern France after a bomb threat on the Catholic holy day of Assumption. The pilgrims returned after explosives experts scoured the area.

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News article: Pilgrims evacuated after bomb threat at Lourdes (AP)