Disneyland Paris train station evacuated following alert over 'suspicious package'
Hundreds of families were ordered out of the station during the scare at around 8pm
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Your support makes all the difference.A Disneyland Paris train station and bus depot has been evacuated after the reported discovery of a suspicious package.
Hundreds of families were ordered the leave the area at around 8pm on Wednesday as police and soldiers armed with rifles poured into the Marne la Vallee station near the theme park.
The park remains open but the station has been cordoned off while police investigate.
A police spokesman told the Sun: “Marne-la-Vallee station is being shut down as a precaution.
“Searches are underway following a warning about a suspicious package.”
France is currently in a state of emergency following the Paris attacks in November last year and an attack on a Bastille Day crowd in Nice last month.
Several other attempts by Islamist militants to attack French insitutions in the past 18 months have shakened the country's faith in the security services.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls was booed at a memorial service for the 84 people who died in Nice last month after it emerged he had refused the regional president's request for more security personnel to police the parade on 14 July.
The themepark has been on high alert after Isis said it was one of its prime targets.
A man was arrested in January after he was caught by security officials carrying two handguns, ammunition and a guide to the Qu'ran.
He was later given a six month sentence for arms possession after investigators declined to press terrorism charges.
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