Basketball arena briefly closed off ahead of Paris v Maccabi Tel Aviv game

Police closed off the Adidas Arena ahead of a Euroleague basketball game between Paris and Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday because of a suspicious package outside the stadium. A police officer told Reuters that no one was allowed inside the security perimeter while a dog was sent in to sniff a food delivery package that had been left on a bike. The package was destroyed on site and spectators were allowed inside the security perimeter after half an hour. "There was nothing in there," a police officer told Reuters."It was a preventive measure." The Euroleague Round 22 match was already classified as high-risk by the French National Division for the Fight against Hooliganism (DNLH), part of the Ministry of the Interior, due to security concerns linked to ongoing geopolitical tensions. On the Place Stalingrad south of the Arena, dozens gathered to protest against the game being held, while several others celebrated the cease-fire.