Dow Jones is reporting that there was a bomb found under train tracks east of Paris.
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PARIS (AP)--A French train employee found an explosive device buried in the
bed of a railway line heading from France to Switzerland Wednesday, the
Interior Ministry said.
Bomb disposal experts neutralized the device, which was half-buried under a
track in the village of Montieramey, on a train line heading from Paris to
Basel, Switzerland, the ministry said in a statement.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The Interior Ministry said the device didn't resemble bombs described in
threats by a mysterious and previously unknown group calling itself AZF.
The group claimed to have planted nine bombs along the country's rail network
and has threatened to explode them unless it is paid millions of euros.
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The group's threats, first disclosed in early March, appeared in at least
three letters sent to the offices of President Jacques Chirac and Interior
Minister Nicolas Sarkozy Dec. 10, Feb. 13 and 17.
The letters, demanding sums of $4 million and EUR1 million - threatened
railway targets.
Information from the group led to the recovery Feb. 21 of a sophisticated
explosive device buried in tracks near Limoges in central France.
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The device, found at 12:35 p.m. (1135 GMT), was contained in a see-through
plastic box measuring 20 centimeters by 20 centimeters, according to the
ministry's statement.
The box contained nitrate fuel and a flat-shaped battery linked to seven
detonators, the ministry said.
The device was being examined at the police laboratory to determine just how
dangerous it might be, the statement said.
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PARIS (AP)--A French train employee found an explosive device buried in the
bed of a railway line heading from France to Switzerland Wednesday, the
Interior Ministry said.
Bomb disposal experts neutralized the device, which was half-buried under a
track in the village of Montieramey, on a train line heading from Paris to
Basel, Switzerland, the ministry said in a statement.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The Interior Ministry said the device didn't resemble bombs described in
threats by a mysterious and previously unknown group calling itself AZF.
The group claimed to have planted nine bombs along the country's rail network
and has threatened to explode them unless it is paid millions of euros.
More:
The group's threats, first disclosed in early March, appeared in at least
three letters sent to the offices of President Jacques Chirac and Interior
Minister Nicolas Sarkozy Dec. 10, Feb. 13 and 17.
The letters, demanding sums of $4 million and EUR1 million - threatened
railway targets.
Information from the group led to the recovery Feb. 21 of a sophisticated
explosive device buried in tracks near Limoges in central France.
More:
The device, found at 12:35 p.m. (1135 GMT), was contained in a see-through
plastic box measuring 20 centimeters by 20 centimeters, according to the
ministry's statement.
The box contained nitrate fuel and a flat-shaped battery linked to seven
detonators, the ministry said.
The device was being examined at the police laboratory to determine just how
dangerous it might be, the statement said.
