Cologne (dpa / lnw) - A five hundredweight aircraft bomb from the Second World War has been defused by the explosive ordnance disposal service in Cologne. "This means that around 5,200 evacuees can now return to their apartments and houses," the city of Cologne announced in the evening. The experts said the bomb was defused at 10:59 p.m. A total of around 180 people were involved in the operation, including police officers, firefighters, employees of the security and traffic services and aid organizations.
The American dud was discovered on Monday during construction work on Bonner Strasse in the Bayenthal district. The explosive ordnance disposal service then defined a danger area in a radius of between 400 and 500 meters around the site.
