Dresden city centre cleared to defuse unexploded WWII bomb
The Peninsula
Dresden, Germany: Officials in Dresden evacuated 18,000 people Wednesday after the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb, the largest such oper...
Dresden, Germany: Officials in Dresden evacuated 18,000 people Wednesday after the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb, the largest such operation yet in the eastern German city, emergency services said.
A bomb squad was set to try to defuse the 250-kilogramme (550-pound) British bomb which was found during work in the city centre to rebuild an Elbe river bridge that collapsed in 2024.
The exclusion zone had been fully established by 9:00 am (0800 GMT), said police in the Saxony state capital.
More than 400 police along with other emergency services were deployed, backed up by a helicopter and a drone, to check that homes, shops, schools, care homes and offices were empty inside a one-kilometre radius of the device.
The bomb was discovered on Tuesday during clearance and construction work following the partial collapse of the Carola Bridge bridge in September 2024.
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