Hours of travel delay and chaos ends in France's busiest train station after an un-exploded World War II bomb was defused by authorities.
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The disposal of "excessively dangerous," bomb caused havoc on Friday, March 7, 2025, affecting both domestic and international trains.
As per Euronews, Eurostar high-speed services operating out of Paris' Gare du Nord station to Brussels and London were also suspended.
The firepower was found by an earth-moving machine, which dug it out from a depth of around two metres between the train tracks to the north of Gare du Nord.
French national railway operator (SNCF) notified the authorities, who identified the suspicious object as WWII era bomb.
Christophe Pezron, head of Paris Police Laboratory noted, "a team was sent out immediately, and we identified it as a 500-kilogram English bomb, an extremely dangerous object."
The un-exploded bomb could've caused serious damage after it was unearthed by workers as it contained around 300 kilos of explosive.
It almost took 12-hours for the bomb disposal squad to make the WWII artefact harmless, as the Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot shared, "We're delighted and relieved that all this has come to an end."
France has seen number of incident involving un-exploded WWI and WWII bombs, but they are usually found in remote areas instead of at the world's third busiest train station.
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Notably, in February 2023, during the defusing process, a 250 kilograms WWII bomb exploded in UK, which caused no casualties.
