French airport evacuated due to bomb alert amid Olympics chaos

Sunday, July 28, 2024 - An airport located at the Swiss-French border was evacuated due to a bomb alert, the French police said.

The airport was evacuated hours after a 'massive, coordinated arson attack' disrupted France's rail network ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony on Friday.

Basel-Mulhouse airport's terminals were evacuated on Friday morning and all flights had been suspended.

'For safety reasons, the terminal had to be evacuated and is currently closed,' the Basel-Mulhouse EuroAirport had said on its website.

But now the airport's site says that it has 'reopened and all flight operations are gradually restarting'.

This comes after fires were started at France's key installations last night, bringing trains to a halt and affecting around 800,000 passengers, with just hours to go before the Olympics opening procession on the River Seine.

So far, no claim of responsibility has been made and French authorities are yet to name suspects.