The Eiffel Tower is seen in twilight in Paris, France, Dec. 8, 2016. (Xinhua/Theo Duval)

PARIS, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Forum des Halles, one of main shopping malls in Paris, was briefly evacuated on Thursday afternoon due to two suspicious packages, according to local reports.

More than 600 peoples were called to leave the mall at around 13:00 local time (1200 GMT) after "dogs of the Froum des Halles' private security service stopped on two bags," news channel BFMTV reported.

"We took (the alert) very seriously because the dogs sniffing explosives had stopped suggesting that there was a deployed device," a police source was quoted as saying.

After checks, the packages were "without danger" and the alert was removed, it added.

Terror risk remains high in France. It ended on Nov. 1 a two-year state of emergency which has been extended six times and provoked criticism.

Keeping security services on high vigilance, French President Emmanuel Macron, instead, enshrined emergency security rules into ordinary law to continue " ... fighting terrorism with determination and ... within the bounds of the law and with the oversight of judges".