After defusing, World War II bomb from Neukölln to be detonated Thursday
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- Police will detonate a 100-kilogram World War II bomb in Berlin’s Grunewald on Thursday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
- The bomb was found and defused in Neukölln last week, forcing residents of about 5,600 households to leave their homes.
- Authorities will widen the exclusion zone by 500 metres, but the A115 motorway and rail traffic will not be affected.
A 100-kilogram World War II bomb found in Berlin’s Neukölln district will be destroyed in a controlled explosion Thursday at a demolition site in Grunewald.
Police said the security zone around the site will expand by 500 metres in every direction. The detonation is scheduled to take place between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., and authorities are asking people to avoid the wider area. The closure will affect parts of Kronprinzessinnenweg.
The A115 motorway, also known as the Avus, and rail services will not be affected, according to Berlin’s traffic information center. The bomb was discovered last week in the Neukölln shipping canal. Residents of about 5,600 households had to leave their homes while specialists separated and neutralized the fuse.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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