The anti-terrorism perimeter being set up seals off a kilometres-long area to Parisians and tourists who hadn’t applied in advance for a pass
The Eiffel tower and Seine River are seen through a security fence set up ahead of the Olympic Games, in Paris, on July 16.A special kind of iron curtain came down across central Paris on Thursday, with the beginning of an Olympic anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine sealing off a kilometres-long area to Parisians and tourists who hadn’t applied in advance for a pass.
Those with the precious code – either on their phones or printed out on pieces of paper – passed smoothly past police checkpoints at gaps in the barriers taller than most people. “We had no idea we needed a QR code,” said Takao Sakamoto, 55, who was denied access to the Eiffel Tower near the Bir Hakeim metro station. Visiting from Japan with his wife, he took a photo of the Eiffel Tower from a distance, behind the fences and police cars. “That will do,” Sakamoto remarked with despair.
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