Europe Flea Market Cancelled
One of Europe's biggest flea markets, in the northern French city of Lille, has been cancelled over security fears in the terror-hit country. One of Europe's biggest flea markets, in the northern French city of Lille, has been cancelled over security fears in the terror-hit country. Lille's most popular event, held the first weekend of September each year, attracted nearly 2.5 million visitors in 2015. The Lille flea market is the latest event to be called off in a string of cancellations following last month's Bastille Day truck massacre in the Riviera town of Nice that claimed 85 lives following a fireworks display. Many traditional and cultural festivities have been either downsized or cancelled altogether, with Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian saying the series of jihadist attacks in France put the country in a "war situation". France has been struck by a series of terror attacks over the past 18 months that have left the nation on edge.
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