Montparnasse station evacuated due to abandoned package

Montparnasse station was closed. Evacuated of all its travelers at the beginning of the afternoon, this Thursday, September 21. The discovery of abandoned luggage required the intervention of the police.

The safety device was é engaged and the Montparnasse station completely evacuated. The large Parisian station was destroyed. closed this Thursday, September 21, early in the afternoon, and emptied of all its travelers. A forgotten baggage would be à the origin of the disturbances and an intervention by the police took place.

All travelers waiting for or leaving a train were arrested. taken urgently à outside the station. According to Le Parisien, the incident would not have lasted until only a few minutes and would be closed.

Since the attacks of 2015 and the implementation of the Vigipirate plan, à each abandoned package and suspicious, that is to say more than one centimeter thick and not revealing what is inside. Inside, a safety device is installed. is put in place. It induces the evacuation of the area, or even an entire hall or the station up to the point of arrival. the end of the intervention of the police, whether a member of the dog brigade or a bomb disposal team.