“Really huge” non -exploded bomb of the Second World War, which was found outside of Paris

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Eurostar trains to London and all trains that drove to northern France were made available on Friday after the discovery of an undressed bomb of the First World War on tracks to explain the First World War.

Paris police said that a bomb of the Second World War was discovered by workers along the railway rails in Saint Denis on Friday morning at 4 a.m.

A security scope was immediately determined, which led to the disturbance of the Intercity and suburban lines of Gare Du Nord, said the CNN police.

According to the police, the technicians from the Paris manufacturing team are currently on site, with an SNCF spokesman describing the bomb as “really huge”.

“The bomb could be a serious threat to people’s lives,” said the spokesman.

The traffic was “completely blocked” from 9 a.m. French Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said on the Franzagmorgen and disturbed suburban, regional and international trains.

Tabarot warned the services that are “heavily shaken” all day.

In a statement by SNCF, the French national state railway company, on Friday it says that “traffic has been completely interrupted at the request of the police prefecture in Paris this morning.”

It adds that the services only resume at the end of the mines.

According to SNCF, the device was discovered in the middle of the tracks on a construction site to replace a railway bridge. The bomb weighs 500 kg, including 200 kg explosives.

Several hundred passengers were in the Gare du Nord on Friday morning, who was looking for information, as CNN is sour. The atmosphere was calm and dozens of train staff and security personnel helped the passengers.

A woman told CNN Affiliate BfMTV from outside the station: “We should leave a weekend in London this morning. The concern is that we will lose hotel rooms worth € 800 if we do not make the reservation. So that’s a problem. ”

Another woman said: “No information is given in the app, only the Eurostar website that says that we can be refunded. Apart from that, no further information. ”

“Deming teams work hard” to solve the problem, SNCF told CNN and added that the traffic at the request of the police in the Gare du Nord would be stopped until the morning.

Gare du Nord is an important European Transit hub that serves international destinations north of France as well as the main airport in Paris and many regional commuters.

Tabarot said he hoped that a reduced service was going on French lines in the afternoon.

“There is no reason to be afraid,” said the minister to Sud Radio, “it can happen that Deminers sometimes have to extinguish a certain number of abandoned pockets.” But it is quite rare for a bomb of the Second World War. ”