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Three released pending inquiry into coffins left at Eiffel Tower

Pedestrians holding umbrellas walk past the temporary venue under construction for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games close to the Eiffel Tower on May 31, 2024. © Sami Karaali, AFP

Three people were released from custody Monday pending further investigation after they allegedly placed five coffins at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, a Paris landmark that will feature prominently in the upcoming Olympic Games. 

According to officials at the Paris prosecutor’s office, the three — citizens of Bulgaria, Germany and Ukraine — placed the coffins, covered with a French flag that included an inscription reading “French soldiers of Ukraine," near the Eiffel Tower on Saturday, 

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