About 1900 people affected
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Five quintal bomb is defused in Cologne
A WWII bomb was found in Cologne on Thursday afternoon. (icon image)
Photo: dpa/Fredrik von Erichsen
Colony A WWII bomb was found in Cologne-Neuehrenfeld on Thursday. The five quintal bomb must be defused today.
An atomic bomb from the Second World War was found on Thursday afternoon in Cologne Neu-Ehrenfeld in the Liebigstraße area at house numbers 201 to 203. As the city of Cologne has announced, the bomb is said to be a five hundred bomb with a detonator at impact.
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Photo: City of Cologne
The public order office of the city of Cologne and the explosive ordnance disposal service of the district government of Düsseldorf (KBD) are on site. The public order office cordoned off the area. About 1,900 people have to leave the area. The city has also set up a contact point for those affected at the Albert-Magnus-Gymnasium, Ottostraße 87, 50823 Cologne. When exactly the disaster will be defused was unclear in the evening.
