Unattended Bags

So being on the road again has given me the urge to restart my blog after almost a year.
There always seems to be a common thread when I travel and that is a significant dislike for pointless, overzealous security.
And unfortunately for me the French seem particularly good at this.
While flying through Paris on route to Slovenia I had to switch terminals, which meant leaving a secure area, clearing immigration and taking a bus.
Before reaching the exit doors everyone was rerouted by angry looking, but mysteriously quiet airport security. People from at least three or four flights were funnelled away from the exit doors in to baggage holding areas where they left us for almost 45 minutes.
No one said anything until almost the end, when the rumour moved through the group that the police had been called because of a left bag.
Apparently it was third time it had happened that morning – it was only 11 a.m.
Left baggage in the departure area seems worrying, but in the arrivals? Maybe the person got stuck in a long line in immigration.
Isn’t an unattended bag less scary once it has been taken off the plane??