Heavily-armed police have evacuated the area around the Paris Eiffel tower and the surrounding Champ de Mars park in a false alarm.

Anti-terror police were spotted at the Pullman Hotel on Avenue de Suffren near the Eiffel tower, according to an eyewitness, who lives along Champ de Mars. He declined to be identified.

Another witnesses also confirmed the presence of heavily armed police at the site of the hotel.

Witnesses said a large group of heavily armed police were training the weapons on the Pullman Hotel in Paris

The operation was later described as a false alarm after anti-terror police searched the Pullman Hotel

One man said: 'Dozens of cops with automatic weapons taking cover and training their weapons on the Pullman hotel'.

The witness said the police later lifted the cordon keeping people out of the hotel.

Police later closed the Champs de Mars RER railway station in the 7th district had been closed by the police.

The incident was later described by the French interior ministry as a false alarm.

Anti-terror raids have also taken place in Brussels and police forces across Europe try and hunt down the gang responsible for yesterday's attack.

Interpol confirmed they are also involved in the cross-border investigation.