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World War II bomb safely defused in Neu-Ulm

From Die Zeit · () German

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Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Bomb disposal experts defused a 126-kilogram World War II fragmentation bomb found during survey work in Neu-Ulm.
  • The city established a 500-meter exclusion and evacuation zone, but the operation ended without affecting the Ulm-Augsburg railway or the B10 road.
  • Authorities delayed the start by about two hours after determining that the bomb lay relatively close to the surface.

A 126-kilogram bomb left over from World War II has been safely defused in Neu-Ulm, allowing the city to lift the road closures and evacuation measures imposed around the site.

Workers found the unexploded bomb during survey work in Pfuhler Ried, a recreational area on the city’s eastern edge. Neu-Ulm created a 500-meter restricted and evacuation zone around the discovery. The area is made up mainly of meadows and fields.

The operation could not begin as planned. Because the bomb lay relatively close to the surface, authorities had to extend the protective shelter upward and build a container barrier toward the B10 to protect against fragments. Those measures delayed the start by about two hours.

Neither the Ulm-Augsburg railway line nor the B10 was affected. The discovery followed the defusing of five other World War II bombs in the same area in August. More than 80 years after the war, unexploded ordnance continues to turn up across Neu-Ulm.

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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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