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| Reuters |
A gas leak was detected on the construction site of the Paris 2024 Olympic Village while International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was visiting the area on Friday, police said.
"There is a gas leak, I had told them not to come here," a police officer told Reuters as Bach walked nearby with a group of reporters and Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet.
A fire engine was spotted on the scene.
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| Getty |
The headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics organising committee and those of its infrastructure partner were searched by police on Tuesday as part of investigations into alleged embezzlement of public funds and favouritism, prosecutors said.
The national financial prosecutor's office (PNF) said the Paris 2024 headquarters were raided amid a preliminary investigation launched in 2017 into contracts made by the Summer Games' organising committee.
