Sacre Coeur Scare: Bomb Found

Police said Tuesday they evacuated the Sacre Coeur basilica after an explosive device — but no detonator — was found inside.

The device, apparently homemade, was put together with gas bottles and flammable liquids, police said.

An official at the church said the landmark, which overlooks Paris, was evacuated after what she described as a "suspect package" was found Tuesday morning.

Europe-1 radio reported a tourist discovered a black plastic bag containing three bottles of natural gas, a gallon of gasoline and four containers of detergent at the church. Anti-terrorist police were leading the investigation, the radio station said.

Sacre Coeur, which sits on Montmartre hill, is one of the most visited tourist sites in all of France, drawing 8 million visitors last year.