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Shocked onlookers claim police carrying firearms rushed to the scene shortly after 6pm this evening.

A police operation took place in the city's Gobelins district as three men reportedly threatened to blow up a bus.

The area was cordoned off and the nearby metro station was closed.

A suspicious package was then reported on Bus 91 along Saint-Marcel Boulevard as terror cops rushed to calm the situation.

The security forces intervened "as a precaution" and checks are in progress, according to local media.

The men reportedly "uttered threats" as emergency services arrived at the scene.

It was later confirmed that three men were arrested in the incident.

The men were decribed as "petty criminals" by the police.

France has been in a state of emergency ever since the November 2015 Paris attacks that killed 137 people.

The country has been the subject of a string of atrocities – with ISIS-inspired attacks hitting Nice and Normandy last summer.

And it comes just days after 22 people were killed in Manchester when a suicide bomber detonated at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena.

Earlier today, Ariana Grande confirmed she will return to Manchester this weekend in a tribute to those who lost their lives in the attack.

The singer flew home to Florida after the atrocity.

But she will now return to the UK to headline a tribute show on Sunday, June 4, at Manchester's Emirates Old Trafford stadium.

All proceeds from the concert — called One Love Manchester — will go towards the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund in partnership with the British Red Cross.