Hanau (dpa/lhe) - A World War II bomb weighing around 250 kilograms was detonated in a controlled manner on Wednesday evening in Hanau. As expected, there was a loud bang, said a city spokesman. The restricted area around the site where the bomb was found on a factory site has thus been lifted.
The experts from the explosive ordnance clearance service had not been able to defuse the explosive device without detonating it as initially planned. They were able to remove one detonator, but not the second. This also extended the evacuation of the danger area. Thousands of people within a radius of 750 meters from where the bomb was found were evacuated from their homes on Wednesday morning.
