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Mysterious drones fly over Paris for second night

Xinhua, February 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least three small civilian drones flew over Paris iconic landmarks in early hours of Wednesday for a second night, a local media reported.

Citing its own sources, the local broadcaster Europe1 said the drones were spotted over La Place de La Concorde.

The report added witnesses and police had filmed the drones which will be sent to the aviation police investigators to seek for the operators.

Police had already been investigating who was behind some five separate drone flights over French emblematic places including the Eiffel Tower, the Place de la Concorde, the Invalides military museum and the American Embassy the previous night.

French law bans small, civilian drones from areas such as nuclear facilities, which are protected by a no-fly zones.

Mysterious drone overflights in Paris are likely to test France's security system after the government said reinforcing security measures and increasing vigilance to preserve calm in the country which has been the target of terrorist cells following its military commitment in Iraq and the Sahel region. Endit