Status: 07/30/2022 10:33 p.m After a large-scale evacuation operation, explosives experts uncovered five dud bombs from the Second World War in Göttingen on Saturday. According to the city, the blast in the late evening was successful. However, the restricted area has not yet been released. During the course of the day, duds with long-term detonators … Read more
As of: 07/30/2022 9:24 p.m After a large-scale evacuation operation, explosives experts uncovered and identified several suspected dud bombs from World War II in Göttingen on Saturday. According to the city, they must be blown up in a controlled manner. The blast is scheduled for around 9:30 p.m. Duds with long-term detonators from the Second … Read more
Status: 07/30/2022 4:52 p.m So far, three out of five suspicious sites have been investigated in Göttingen – in all cases, experts identified a World War II bomb. In the afternoon they successfully carried out a test blast. “The bang could hardly be heard in the city area,” said the city of Göttingen. With the … Read more
Status: 07/30/2022 2:15 p.m So far, two suspicious sites have been investigated in Göttingen’s Weststadt – in both cases experts identified a World War II bomb. Three other suspects are still pending. The two duds that have been uncovered so far are American ten-hundredweight bombs with long-term detonators. This was the result of investigations by … Read more
Status: 07/30/2022 12:06 p.m The first suspicion has been confirmed: explosive ordnance experts have identified a World War II bomb during probes in the western part of the city of Göttingen. Four other suspects are still under investigation. As the city announced, it is an American ten-hundredweight bomb with a long-term fuse. The ordnance experts … Read more
Status: 07/30/2022 10:25 a.m The ordnance experts can start their work: 10,000 residents of the western part of Göttingen have left their homes and the evacuation is complete. Five suspect points are checked for duds. There were delays in clearing the affected area in the morning: residents should have left their homes by 6 a.m. … Read more
Status: 07/30/2022 08:45 a.m 10,000 residents of the western part of Göttingen cannot spend the weekend at home because they are looking for World War II bombs. There are delays in the evacuation. Actually, residents in the affected area should have left their homes by 6 a.m. But not everyone stuck to that. The city … Read more
Status: 07/29/2022 10:24 am 10,000 residents of the western part of Göttingen have to leave their homes by 6 a.m. to search for World War II bombs. Rail traffic will also be restricted. Five suspicious spots lie on a wasteland between Leine and Schützenplatz. The restricted area covers a radius of 1,000 meters. Around 1,800 … Read more
Status: 07/29/2022 10:24 am Tomorrow morning around 10,000 residents of the western part of Göttingen will have to leave their homes to search for World War II bombs. Rail traffic will also be restricted. Five suspicious spots lie on a wasteland between Leine and Schützenplatz. The area within a radius of 1,000 meters will be … Read more
Status: 07/27/2022 2:29 p.m Up to 10,000 residents in the western part of Göttingen will have to leave their homes next Saturday to search for World War II bombs. Rail traffic will also be restricted. Five suspicious spots lie on a wasteland between Leine and Schützenplatz. The area within a radius of 1,000 meters will … Read more