World War II bomb defused in Fürthen, allowing residents to return
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- A World War II bomb was defused in Fürthen, in Germany’s Altenkirchen district, after an operation lasting about three hours.
- Around 300 residents evacuated from a 300-meter radius were allowed to return home.
- The bomb was found in a new development, and searches will continue after another wartime bomb was discovered there in February.
About 300 residents in Fürthen were allowed to return home after specialists defused a 500-kilogram World War II incendiary bomb.
Authorities had evacuated people living within a 300-meter radius and set up temporary accommodation. The operation took about three hours and proved more difficult than initially expected because specialists only located and assessed one of the bomb’s fuses during the process.
Workers found the bomb on Friday afternoon in a new development. Following the discovery of another World War II bomb in the area in February, targeted searches had begun, and the surveying work will continue.
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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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