Saxony: aircraft bomb found in Espenhain: defusing planned

Espenhain (dpa/sn) - A bomb from the Second World War was found during construction work in Espenhain (Leipzig district) on Thursday. The 250-kilogram British-made explosive device was to be defused on site, the police said. A restricted area of ​​800 meters has been set up around the site. It mainly contains companies whose evictions began in the afternoon. During the defusing, the nearby Autobahn 72 was also briefly closed.