BREAKING: Paris bomb scare – Place Vendome on lockdown

Police have sealed off Place Vendome in central Paris after a suspect package was found.

The authorities are ensuring the area is safe and it continues to be blocked off. 

People close by to the location have taken to Twitter to warn others to avoid the area. 

According to one French source, a delivery lorry has been abonded at the site. 

Place Vendome is a square in the 1st arrondissement in Paris and is a popular location for shopping and restaurants. 

A protest outside the Ministry of Justice was disrupted because of the bomb alert.

Paris is on high alert after the country has been hit by various terrorist attacks in the past year. 

Yesterday, France remembered the 130 victims of Paris terror attacks that caused devastation in the city two years ago. 

More to follow…