Authorities in Germany have evacuated 25,000 residents after a huge unexploded bomb left over from World War II was found in the downtown area of Frankfurt, the financial capital.
The city said police urgently blocked off a street and evacuated 25,000 people after a 500-kilogram bomb was found during construction in Frankfurt’s densely populated Nordend district.
Authorities said the bomb disposal team will detonate the bomb after it is completely buried with soil.
Some local residents were taken to a skating rink for shelter, some of whom appeared to be in shock.
Although it has been 76 years since the end of World War II, unexploded bombs from the Second World War are still found in Germany, often during the construction process.
A huge unexploded bomb from World War II was found in a downtown area of Frankfurt, Germany, and authorities evacuated 25,000 residents in response. Pictured is another World War II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany, on July 7, 2019, which was located near the headquarters of the European Central Bank and for which authorities evacuated 16,500 people in an emergency.
In 2017, a 1.4-ton bomb was found in Frankfurt, leading to the evacuation of 65,000 people. At the time, it was the largest evacuation in Europe since 1945.
In 2019, a 500-kilogram unexploded World War II bomb was found in Frankfurt, which attracted international media attention because it was found near the headquarters of the European Central Bank. Local authorities massively evacuated about 16,500 people within a 1 km radius to safely defuse the unexploded bomb.
Seven bombs were discovered and defused in 2020 when Tesla planned to build the company’s first electric car factory in Europe here.
Other unexploded bombs were found last year in Frankfurt, Cologne and Dortmund.
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