The French police issued a bomb alert at the Mulhouse airport near Switzerland, while a security operation was launched. The Basel-Mulhouse airport at the French-Swiss border was evacuated on Friday "for security reasons," as the French rail network faced a major attack causing significant disruptions to high-speed train services.

The Swiss-French airport stated, "For security reasons, the airport has been evacuated and is now closed. We will provide more detailed information later."

Video footage showed armored police vehicles sweeping the area, with officers searching the streets surrounding the airport.

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