The bomb was discovered during railway maintenance, causing the busiest train station in Paris to temporarily suspend operations and affecting many high-speed train services to other countries.
North Station in Paris
According to AFP, citing French officials, rail traffic at Paris's Gare du Nord (North Station) was suspended on March 7th after a World War II bomb was discovered on the tracks leading to Paris's busiest train station.
The national railway company SNCF said the unexploded bomb was found "between the tracks" overnight during maintenance work being carried out in the Saint Denis suburb.
All traffic to the station, which carries Eurostar trains as well as high-speed and local train services, was shut down as Paris police worked to neutralize the bomb, believed to date back to World War II.
North Station is the busiest train station in France, serving around 700,000 passengers daily, according to SNCF. The company said it would suspend train services at North Station until mid-morning on March 7 (local time) at the request of the police.
According to the Eurostar website, at least three morning trains were cancelled for safety reasons. Many passengers traveling to London (UK), Brussels (Belgium), and other destinations experienced delays.
Authorities have not confirmed the bomb's origin, although unexploded bombs from World War II are sometimes found in Europe during construction and maintenance work.
In England, according to the BBC, a total of 176 World War II-era bombs have been found beneath a children's playground in the town of Wooler in the northern Northumberland region, with the possibility of discovering more bombs there.
This area is believed to have been a training ground for the National Guard, and these weapons were buried underground at the end of the war.
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In December 2024, Wooler Parish Council secured funding to build a £150,000 comprehensive playground to complement the existing playground at Scotts Park.
But on January 14th, construction workers found the first suspicious object while digging the foundation, which was later identified as a training bomb.
Another device was found the following day, prompting the British Ministry of Defence to decide that a full search of the site was necessary. Authorities subsequently discovered 176 bombs there.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/nha-ga-dong-duc-nhat-paris-te-liet-vi-phat-hien-bom-thoi-the-chien-2-185250307145831359.htm
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