A person, who claimed to want to detonate bombs hidden in bags, was arrested Thursday afternoon in the Part-Dieu station in Lyon (RhĂ´ne).
The station, one of the busiest in France, was evacuated and a security perimeter put in place, SNCF announced on Twitter.
đź”´ An operation carried out by the police is underway at Lyon Part-Dieu station.
A security perimeter is set up, the station is evacuated.
No train can access it currently.
Traffic is very heavily disrupted around Lyon.
- SNCF TER AURA (@SNCFTERAURA) October 22, 2020
According to the regional daily Le Progrès, a bomb threat was launched at 2:27 p.m.
A woman carrying several bags allegedly threatened to blow them up and shouted “Allah Akbar” (“God is great”).
The scene would have caused a crowd movement, according to several people present.
Two demining teams as well as the RAID were still on site around 4 p.m. to raise doubts about the luggage "left in the hall of the station during the evacuation", said SNCF adding that a dog team was " In transit ".
These interventions caused major disruptions to rail traffic, which was completely interrupted.
