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| Paris police evacuate & sweep Europe’s busiest train station (PHOTOS, VIDEO) | Paris police evacuate & sweep Europe’s busiest train station (PHOTOS, VIDEO) |
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| Police in the French capital have evacuated passengers from Paris’ Gare du Nord train station, and sealed off the area in search for what some reports described as “dangerous” suspects. | Police in the French capital have evacuated passengers from Paris’ Gare du Nord train station, and sealed off the area in search for what some reports described as “dangerous” suspects. |
| French police have confirmed in a tweet of the ongoing operation in Gare du Nord train station. | French police have confirmed in a tweet of the ongoing operation in Gare du Nord train station. |
| The nature of the threat remains unclear but reports from the ground indicate that the station has been evacuated and was no longer accessible after 11pm on Monday. | The nature of the threat remains unclear but reports from the ground indicate that the station has been evacuated and was no longer accessible after 11pm on Monday. |
| According to Le Parisien, armed policemen moved in to look for “three dangerous men.” | According to Le Parisien, armed policemen moved in to look for “three dangerous men.” |
| While most travellers have been evacuated from the station’s premises, some have reportedly been asked to stay confined to their trains, as police sweep the area. | While most travellers have been evacuated from the station’s premises, some have reportedly been asked to stay confined to their trains, as police sweep the area. |
| Le Parisien cited a source as saying that police were searching for suspects who had been first reported as “dangerous” on Friday, and were also reportedly spotted in Bordeaux and Marseilles over the weekend. | Le Parisien cited a source as saying that police were searching for suspects who had been first reported as “dangerous” on Friday, and were also reportedly spotted in Bordeaux and Marseilles over the weekend. |
| On Monday evening the ticket seller and a controller working for the French train service allegedly notified the authorities that the suspects will be traveling on a TGV train that was supposed to arrive at the Gare du Nord train station 23:10. | On Monday evening the ticket seller and a controller working for the French train service allegedly notified the authorities that the suspects will be traveling on a TGV train that was supposed to arrive at the Gare du Nord train station 23:10. |
| Le Monde also reports that police are apparently looking for three suspects believed to have boarded a train from Valenciennes with 211 passengers onboard. | |
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| France remains under a state of emergency following series of terrorists attacks in the recent years, and on high alert a day after Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France, defeating right-wing opponent Marine le Pen. Earlier in the day, riot police clashed with protesters as thousands of demonstrators gathered at the Place de la Republique to protest the President-elect’s "capitalist" agenda as well as new labor reforms. |