Planned mitigation
Bomb clearance in Göttingen: around 10,000 people evacuated
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Updated: 07/30/2022, 14:03
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A police loudspeaker van is in the evacuation area on Saturday morning. Because of the possible defusing of several World War II bombs, parts of Göttingen were evacuated. –
Photo: Swen Pförtner / dpa
Göttingen. – After a large-scale evacuation action have explosives experts in Göttingen on the banks of the Leine the first of several suspected ones dud bombs from World War II uncovered and identified. It was an American ten-hundredweight bomb with a long-term detonator, said the City of Goettingen on Saturday with Another four suspects are still under investigation. The Ordnance Disposal Service is considering a test blast to perform. Because of the rainy weather conditions, it had to be ensured that the ignition functioned smoothly in the event of a blast. About 10,000 people had to on Saturday leave their homes. The action was delayed several times because people were in the restricted area.
It had been clear for weeks that bombs might have to be defused in the western part of Göttingen – with an impact on residents and traffic.
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