On the first evening of the All Saints’ Day holidays, the Gare de Lyon in Paris was briefly evacuated on Friday due to “abandoned luggage” which required intervention and the establishment of a security perimeter, SNCF told l ‘AFP.
Impressive evacuation of the Gare de Lyon in progress pic.twitter.com/VAovcnkWTv
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Shortly after 7 p.m., the police evacuated the station and closed the gates, according to an AFP journalist. Hundreds of travelers then gathered on the square, in peace. Then the doors were reopened around 7.40 p.m., and the SNCF confirmed that the intervention was over.