Stranger threatens to conduct terrorist act in cathedral in France

30 thousand people had to leave the city cathedral in Lourdes situated in the south-east of France, informs Radio Liberty. The authorities received an anonymous phone call and were informed that the cathedral was mined. Later it turned out that the message was not true.

Pilgrims gather in Lourdes every year to celebrate the Ascension of the Mother of God. According to a Catholic legend, Virgin Mary appeared before an inhabitant of this city in 1858.