PARIS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 17th February, 2019) Around 1,600 people were evacuated on Sunday in Paris due to an operation to deactivate a WWII bomb found in the northern part of the city, Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo said.
"This morning [I am with] residents of [an area near] Porte de la Chapelle [metro station]. 1,600 people were evacuated from the area because a WWII bomb is being deactivated," the mayor wrote on her Twitter page.
She added that the evacuation was being carried out with participation of municipal services.
The bomb was found on February 4 during engineering works but experts have failed to neutralize it so far, according to media reports. The Sunday demining operation caused significant transport disruption near the Gare du Nord railway station.
World War II erupted in Europe in September 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland and raged until 1945. France was defeated in May-June 1940 as a result of Germany's massive offensive and liberated by the allied troops in 1944-1945. Even almost 75 years after the end of the war, unexploded WWII bombs are often found across Europe.
