Explosion outside Stade de France just hours before Euro 2016 clash between France and Iceland

POLICE in Paris have blown up a car outside the Stade de France just hours before Euro 2016 hosts France take on underdogs Iceland.

Fans making their way to the national stadium heard a loud blast as the unattended car was destroyed at around 4pm local time.

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Cops prevented spectators from continuing their journey to the ground until 7pm local time (6pm BST) due to the security alert.

France will play Iceland - who last week humiliated England to reach the quarter finals - tonight at 8pm BST.

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The scare comes after ISIS fanatics targeted the stadium as part of the November terrorist attacks that rocked the city.

Three attackers struck the area around the stadium, blowing themselves up and killing one civilian while the French national team played in a friendly against Germany.

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Meanwhile their accomplices unleashed carnage in the centre of the city.

They shot scores of diners at several restaurants, while another group stormed the Bataclan theatre, massacring revellers at a rock gig.

In all, 130 people were killed in the atrocities on the night of 13 November.

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