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Hours of travel delays end as authorities defuse unexploded WWII bomb near Paris' Gare du Nord
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08/03/2025
Hours of travel delays end as authorities defuse unexploded WWII bomb near Paris' Gare du Nord
Hours of travel delays and chaos ensues after an unexploded WWII bomb was discovered in France’s busiest train station in the capital, Paris.
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A 12-hour operation to defuse an unexploded World War II-era bomb near France's busiest
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train station was completed successfully.
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In the early hours of Friday, French railway operator SNCF uncovered an object they suspected
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was a bomb near the tracks leading to Paris's Gare du Nord station.
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We have a team that moved immediately and we identified that it was an English bomb
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weighing 500 kilos, an excessively dangerous object.
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The defusal operation, which police decided to conduct on-site, has caused hours-long
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delays and cancellations to travel.
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French authorities say some 500 trains were cancelled, impacting around 600,000 travelers
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in the Parisian station.
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But the station, servicing international Eurostar routes, has impacted more travelers than just
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within the French capital.
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They told us we had to get off at Brussels, and so now we're in line trying to figure
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out how to get to Paris.
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We're not sure how we're doing it yet, but we'd like to get there today if it's possible.
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The discovery of unexploded World War I and II bombs are not uncommon in France, but they're
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rarely found in urban and populous areas.
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Authorities are thankful a horrific tragedy was narrowly missed.
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