French tourist site Mont-Saint-Michel evacuated after threat

General view of Le Mont Saint Michel under snow, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. [File Photo: AP/David Vincent]

French tourist site Mont-Saint-Michel was evacuated Sunday morning "as a precaution" after a visitor threatened to attack the security services, French television channel BFMTV reported.

The site, on a peninsula in the English Channel, is one of the most popular tourist sites in France, receiving thousands of sight-seers every day.